Changes in alcohol-specific mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 14 European countries - Data and R code

For the short report entitled "Changes in alcohol-specific mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 14 European countries", we investigated how mortality from alcohol-specific causes (mostly alcohol use disorder and alcoholic liver cirrhosis) has changed in European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, we analysed mortality data obtained from the WHO mortality data base and also alcohol sales data from WHO.