The Relationship Between Alcohol & Health

Source 1: Pelin Ozluk et al., AJPM Focus, “Alcohol-Attributable Medical Costs in Commercially Insured and Medicaid Populations,” 2022

Source 2: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Wonder, About Underlying Causes of Death, 2023, State, 2025
NOTE: This source uses 2023, the last available year of mortality data. Data was pulled using ICD-10 Codes: E24.4, F10, G31.2, G62.1, G72.1, I42.6, K29.2, K70, K85.2, K86.0, R78.0, X45, X65, and Y15.

Source 3: Heather Saunders and Robin Rudowitz, Kaiser Family Foundation, “A Look at the Latest Alcohol Death Data and Change Over the Last Decade,” 2024

Source 4: US Surgeon General’s Advisory, US Department of Health and Human Services, “Alcohol and Cancer Risk,” 2025