>>216134283 (OP)
They count alcohol related deaths as suicides for two reasons: cops hate working and labeling such deaths as suicides means they can close the case much quicker, while insurance companies can deny payment for the victim's family, since most life insurances don't cover suicides. When an old boomer gets drunk and breaks his neck on the way home, that's a suicide in their book, same goes for a retarded zoomer who got drunk for the first time and didn't know when he should stop taking shots, gets ethanol poisoning and dies, that's also a suicide in their statistics.