Alcohol-Related Mortality in the WHO European Region: Sex-Specific Trends and Predictions

Pruckner, Nathalie; Hinterbuchinger, Barbara; Fellinger, Matthäus; König, Daniel; Waldhoer, Thomas; Lesch, Otto Michael; Gmeiner, Andrea; Vyssoki, Sandra; Vyssoki, Benjamin

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agz063

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“…According to the results, there is a downturn in standardized mortality attributable to smoking and drinking during the examined period. We can therefore say that the mortality trend in the Czech Republic reflects the global trend in alcohol consumption, that was also presented by Pruckner et al, [19]. Considering the standardized mortality as the health indicator, we might say, that during the examined period, the health of citizens has increased.…”

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confidence: 62%

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Health Inequality as the Consequence of Drinking and Smoking in Case of the Czech Republic

Gavurová¹,

Tarhanicova²,

Kulhánek³

et al. 2020

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Background: Drinking and smoking have economic consequences and are the main risk factors of mortality and morbidity. Disease-specific deaths attributable to using substances present the primary health indicator in this study. This analysis focuses on mortality in productive age, 15 to 64 years since those deaths are considered the highest economic burden. Method: In the analytical part, data from the Registry of deaths of the Czech Republic for 1994 to 2017 were used. The number of deaths attributable to smoking and drinking was calculated using attributable fractions, based on literature review. This research aimed to reveal the gender differences in deaths attributable to drinking and smoking, according to age, and the differences in deaths regarding smoking or drinking. Results: The mortality attributable to smoking and drinking differs across age groups and genders. The highest median share of tobacco-related deaths is in the age group, 60—64 years. The highest median share of alcoholic deaths is in the age group of 50—54 years. Conclusions: There are significant differences between genders in both, smoking and drinking. A prevention program should be targeted to different age groups.

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confidence: 62%

“…to other social factors; differences across regions and countries; differences within genders; predictions etc. Authors Pruckner et al examined the predictions in alcohol-related deaths within the last four decades, in the WHO European Region [19]. The authors used data available from the WHO database.…”

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confidence: 99%

Health Inequality as the Consequence of Drinking and Smoking in Case of the Czech Republic

Gavurová¹,

Tarhanicova²,

Kulhánek³

et al. 2020

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“…A recent report published in September 2019 by the WHO reveals that 30.4% of people report having consumed more than 60 g of pure alcohol on a single occasion in the last 30 days. 11 Meanwhile, the issue of a "safe" quantity of daily alcohol consumption is still controversial. The Global Burden of Diseases group emphasized in its large study on the consequences of alcohol consumption that the risk of death or disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) became significant from a daily alcohol consumption as low as 10 g/day.…”

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confidence: 99%

Combined alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

2020

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While metabolic syndrome and alcohol consumption are the two main causes of chronic liver disease, one of the two conditions is often predominant, with the other acting as a cofactor of morbimortality. It has been shown that obesity and alcohol act synergistically to increase the risk of fibrosis progression, hepatic carcinogenesis and mortality, while genetic polymorphisms can strongly influence disease progression. Based on common pathogenic pathways, there are several potential targets that could be used to treat both diseases; based on the prevalence and incidence of these diseases, new therapies and clinical trials are needed urgently.

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“…The situation in the USA, however, was more intricate, with increased rates of abstinence from alcohol along with a growth of total alcohol consumption mainly driven by a rise in the number of moderate and heavy drinkers [26]. Overall, alcohol-related causes of death significantly declined in the WHO European region between 1979 and 2015, and legal regulations can be listed among the possible reasons for this occurring [27].…”

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Alcohol‐related male mortality in the context of changing alcohol control policy in Lithuania 2000–2017

Stumbrys

Telksnys

Jasilionis

et al. 2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims. Over the recent decades, Lithuania has reported very high alcohol-related harm and mortality indicators when compared to other countries. This, among other reasons, led to an adoption of comprehensive evidence-based alcohol control policy measures back in 2007 and 2016. The aim of this study is to examine alcohol-related male mortality in the context of changing alcohol control policies over the period 2000-2017. Design and Methods. The life table decomposition method was applied to estimate to what extent the age groups and causes of death are responsible for changes in male life expectancy in the period 2000-2017. Furthermore, a time series intervention model was used to study the impact of alcohol control measures on alcohol-related mortality. A seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average model was fitted. Results. Male life expectancy increased by 6.23 years in the period 2007-2017, mainly due to a decrease in mortality from external causes of death (2.12 years), cardiovascular diseases (1.84 years) and alcohol-related disorders (0.86 years). Reduced male mortality in the 30-64 years age group also contributed to a large increase in male life expectancy during the same period. Discussion and Conclusions. The greatest positive effect of reduced alcohol-related mortality to male life expectancy was observed during the period 2007-2009. It overlaps with the start of implementation of the comprehensive alcohol control measures. However, further research on the impact of different alcohol policy interventions on various outcomes is needed.

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Alcohol-Related Mortality in the WHO European Region: Sex-Specific Trends and Predictions

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

Health Inequality as the Consequence of Drinking and Smoking in Case of the Czech Republic

Health Inequality as the Consequence of Drinking and Smoking in Case of the Czech Republic

Combined alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Alcohol‐related male mortality in the context of changing alcohol control policy in Lithuania 2000–2017

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