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Previous definition: alcohol-related deaths
Historical tables on the previous definition (alcohol-related deaths) are available here:
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Data (Excel CSV) |
The total numbers (for Scotland as a whole) which are produced using the two definitions are compared in the chart which follows.
The files below have been made available as Excel spreadsheets and can be viewed in Comma Separated Value (CSV) or Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
Alcohol deaths registered in Scotland:figures based on the old and new National Statistics definitions
(Excel CSV PDF)
The causes of death which are counted by the two definitions are compared in Table 1 of ‘The impact of using the new definition of alcohol-specific deaths’ , which was published by ONS on 27 October 2017.