"Figure 5b. Alcohol-related death rates per 100,000 population, males and females, regions of England, 2011","" "Female","" "","" "Notes","1. A common definition of alcohol-related death is used across the United Kingdom; see the 'Definition' section for further information 2. Rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population 3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year 4. Confidence intervals give a measure of the statistical precision of an estimate and show the range of uncertainty around the estimated figure. As a general rule, if the confidence interval around one figure overlaps with the interval around another, we cannot say with certainty that there is more than a chance difference between the two figures 5. Of deaths registered in 2011 in England and Wales, alcohol-related deaths were registered within an average of four days of the date of death" "Unit","Age-standardised rates per 100,000 population" "","" "","Alcohol-related death rate","Lower Confidence Interval","Upper Confidence Interval" "North East","10.4","8.8","12.0" "North West","10.8","9.8","11.8" "Yorkshire and the Humber","8.9","8.4","10.0" "East Midlands","7.3","6.2","8.3" "West Midlands","9.5","8.4","10.6" "East of England","5.6","4.9","6.4" "London","5.3","4.5","6.0" "South East","6.3","5.6","7.0" "South West","6.5","5.6","7.4"