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Liver cirrhosis category and year
Deaths per 100,000 population by age group
Age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 population
All*
25–34
35–44
45–54
55–64
65–74
75–84
85+
Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis**
2005
4.4
0.5
4.1
10.6
12.3
9.9
5.7
1.9
4.2
2004
4.3
0.6
11.7
10.0
5.5
2.1
2003
10.5
9.7
1.8
2002
10.3
11.6
10.1
2001
0.7
4.8
10.7
11.5
2.3
2000
4.9
10.2
12.1
6.1
2.2
1999
10.4
12.0
6.5
2.8
1998
0.8
5.0
9.8
12.2
2.6
1997
0.9
5.3
12.8
11.2
5.9
4.5
1996
5.6
13.2
10.9
6.8
2.7
4.7
1995
4.6
1.0
5.8
13.6
11.8
6.6
2.5
1994
1.2
13.8
12.7
2.9
1993
1.1
13.7
11.9
6.4
1992
6.0
14.6
12.5
1991
1.3
14.4
7.2
2.4
1990
6.3
15.2
7.0
5.2
1989
1.5
15.9
13.0
7.1
5.4
1988
11.3
15.7
2.0
1987
1.6
11.1
15.1
6.2
5.1
1986
1.7
11.0
14.5
1985
15.5
12.6
1.4
1984
15.8
1983
15.6
1982
13.1
1981
6.7
14.3
17.0
1980
7.5
18.0
1979
7.4
15.3
1978
7.7
16.0
18.8
1977
8.1
16.4
19.5
1976
8.9
16.9
20.1
1975
8.6
17.2
19.8
6.9
1974
9.0
17.8
1973
9.2
19.7
12.9
1972***
19.0
1971
9.1
16.3
18.7
1970
17.4
Specified liver cirrhosis without mention of alcohol**
0.4
0.1
0.3
0.2
3.1
3.4
3.0
3.3
3.6
3.2
3.8
4.0
3.5
3.7
8.0
Unspecified liver cirrhosis without mention of alcohol**
21.9
16.5
7.3
16.7
7.6
22.8
17.1
23.2
17.5
18.3
22.4
18.9
18.6
23.1
22.7
22.0
18.1
21.5
22.3
11.4
18.5
18.2
19.2
22.9
13.3
24.0
18.4
14.2
20.9
24.1
19.1
15.0
20.8
15.4
21.2
23.0
8.2
16.1
22.5
16.6
23.3
23.6
14.8
22.6
14.7
25.7
20.4
25.0
21.7
24.5
13.5
19.4
20.3
12.4
21.3
17.7
14.0
14.1
17.9
23.5
25.2
13.4
24.4
8.3
16.2
23.7
23.8
20.0
* 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.
** See the source report for ICD codes included in this table.
*** Deaths based on a 50-percent sample.
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).