5 States with the Most Alcohol Related Deaths in the US

3. Alaska

Average Death Rate per 100,000 People: 23.9

Alaska has a reputation as a hard-drinking state with simple tastes. However, the state’s alcohol preferences are changing and it’s drinking less beer, more liquor and more wine. It’s also drinking less mainstream beer and more craft beer.

The number of alcohol related deaths has more than doubled in Alaska in recent years, with 139 deaths in 2014 to 315 in 2021. The death rate is particularly high among Native Alaskans, who avoid alcohol addiction treatment also because of the lack of integrating tribal customs and values into the treatments.