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Year
Both sexes
Males
Females
2005
9.2
12.6
6.0
2004
12.7
2003
9.5
13.2
6.2
2002
9.6
13.1
6.4
2001
9.7
13.3
2000
13.5
6.3
1999
9.8
13.8
1998
9.4
1997
6.1
1996
1995
9.9
14.3
1994
10.2
14.5
1993
10.3
14.6
6.6
1992
10.5
15.1
6.5
1991
10.8
15.2
7.0
1990
11.1
15.8
7.1
1989
11.7
16.7
7.4
1988
16.8
1987
11.8
16.9
1986
11.9
7.7
1985
12.3
17.5
8.0
1984
18.1
8.3
1983
12.9
18.2
8.4
1982
18.9
8.6
1981
20.3
9.3
1980
21.4
1979
14.9
21.2
1978
15.3
21.8
1977
15.9
22.6
1976
16.5
23.4
1975
23.9
10.7
1974
17.9
25.3
11.6
1973
25.5
1972**
18.0
1971
17.8
24.8
1970
1969
17.0
23.8
11.4
1968
23.3
11.5
1967
16.2
22.4
11.0
1966
22.0
10.6
1965
14.8
20.5
10.1
1964
14.1
19.4
1963
13.9
18.8
1962
13.7
9.0
1961
18.3
8.8
1960
18.5
8.7
1959
12.8
17.6
1958
1957
1956
17.2
1955
12.1
16.6
8.2
1954
12.0
16.4
1953
12.4
8.5
1952
12.2
1951
16.0
1950
11.2
15.0
7.9
1949
1948
14.2
19.1
1947
17.4
1946
1945
15.4
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
15.7
1938
1937
8.9
1936
16.3
1935
1934
1933***
1932
1931
1930
1929
9.1
1928
1927
1926
1925
13.0
16.1
10.0
1924
1923
1922
14.0
1921
1920
1919
1918
21.3
1917
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1916
20.0
26.2
1915
20.4
26.6
1914
21.1
27.6
1913
21.6
1912
1911
23.0
1910
22.1
* Rates per 100,000 population computed by the direct standardization method, using the Year 2000 total population of the United States as the standard age distribution.
** Deaths based on a 50-percent sample.
*** Reporting States increased from 10 States and the District of Columbia in 1900 to the entire contiguous United States in 1933.
Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Yoon, Y.H., and Yi, H. Surveillance Report #83: Liver Cirrhosis Mortality in the United States, 1970–2005. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (August 2008).