Top three causes of alcohol related death by age in England and Wales, 1996
| Age group (y) |
Men (number of alcohol attributable deaths) |
Women (number of alcohol attributable deaths) | |
| 16–24 | Road traffic accidents (249) | Road traffic accidents (30) | |
| Suicide (99) | Suicide (20) | ||
| Assaults (21) | Assaults (4) | ||
| 25–34 | Suicide (214) | Suicide (42) | |
| Road traffic accidents (198) | Road traffic accidents (36) | ||
| Alcoholic liver disease (49) | Alcoholic liver disease (18) | ||
| 35–44 | Alcoholic liver disease (233) | Alcoholic liver disease (127) | |
| IHD (199 prevented) | Breast cancer (49) | ||
| Suicide (166) | Suicide (38) | ||
| 45–54 | IHD (847 prevented) | Alcoholic liver disease (213) | |
| Alcoholic liver disease (445) | Breast cancer (129) | ||
| Suicide (152) | IHD (96 prevented) | ||
| 55–64 | IHD (2080 prevented) | IHD (389 prevented) | |
| Alcoholic liver disease (357) | Alcoholic liver disease (161) | ||
| Colon cancer (190) | Breast cancer (114) | ||
| 65–74 | IHD (4609 prevented) | IHD (1343 prevented) | |
| Colon cancer (314) | Breast cancer (144) | ||
| Oesophageal cancer (286) | Alcoholic liver disease (126) | ||
| 75+ | IHD (6722 prevented) | IHD (4960 prevented) | |
| Colon cancer (328) | Accidental falls (564) | ||
| Haemorrhagic stroke (283) | Haemorrhagic stroke (302) | ||