Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders
Alcohol consumption has been identified as an important risk factor for chronic disease and injury. In the first paper in this Series, we quantify the burden of mortality and disease attributable to alcohol, both globally and for ten large countries. We assess alcohol exposure and prevalence of alco...
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th-mahidol.280422018-09-13T13:59:16Z Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders Jürgen Rehm Colin Mathers Svetlana Popova Montarat Thavorncharoensap Yot Teerawattananon Jayadeep Patra Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto WHO Collaborating Centre Technische Universitat Dresden Organisation Mondiale de la Sante Thailand Ministry of Public Health Mahidol University Medicine Alcohol consumption has been identified as an important risk factor for chronic disease and injury. In the first paper in this Series, we quantify the burden of mortality and disease attributable to alcohol, both globally and for ten large countries. We assess alcohol exposure and prevalence of alcohol-use disorders on the basis of reviews of published work. After identification of other major disease categories causally linked to alcohol, we estimate attributable fractions by sex, age, and WHO region. Additionally, we compare social costs of alcohol in selected countries. The net effect of alcohol consumption on health is detrimental, with an estimated 3·8% of all global deaths and 4·6% of global disability-adjusted life-years attributable to alcohol. Disease burden is closely related to average volume of alcohol consumption, and, for every unit of exposure, is strongest in poor people and in those who are marginalised from society. The costs associated with alcohol amount to more than 1% of the gross national product in high-income and middle-income countries, with the costs of social harm constituting a major proportion in addition to health costs. Overall, we conclude that alcohol consumption is one of the major avoidable risk factors, and actions to reduce burden and costs associated with alcohol should be urgently increased. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2018-09-13T06:59:16Z 2018-09-13T06:59:16Z 2009-06-29 Review The Lancet. Vol.373, No.9682 (2009), 2223-2233 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60746-7 01406736 2-s2.0-67649116613 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/28042 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=67649116613&origin=inward |
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Alcohol consumption has been identified as an important risk factor for chronic disease and injury. In the first paper in this Series, we quantify the burden of mortality and disease attributable to alcohol, both globally and for ten large countries. We assess alcohol exposure and prevalence of alcohol-use disorders on the basis of reviews of published work. After identification of other major disease categories causally linked to alcohol, we estimate attributable fractions by sex, age, and WHO region. Additionally, we compare social costs of alcohol in selected countries. The net effect of alcohol consumption on health is detrimental, with an estimated 3·8% of all global deaths and 4·6% of global disability-adjusted life-years attributable to alcohol. Disease burden is closely related to average volume of alcohol consumption, and, for every unit of exposure, is strongest in poor people and in those who are marginalised from society. The costs associated with alcohol amount to more than 1% of the gross national product in high-income and middle-income countries, with the costs of social harm constituting a major proportion in addition to health costs. Overall, we conclude that alcohol consumption is one of the major avoidable risk factors, and actions to reduce burden and costs associated with alcohol should be urgently increased. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders |
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