Projections of alcohol deaths—a wake-up call

According to WHO, morbidity attributable to alcohol in countries with an established market economy (10.3% of disability adjusted life years) comes second only to that of tobacco (11.7%).1 Liver disease is responsible for 70% of the directly recorded mortality from alcohol,2 and perhaps a quarter of...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2011-04, Vol.377 (9774), p.1297-1299
Main Authors: Sheron, Nick, Hawkey, Chris, Gilmore, Ian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - legislation & jurisprudence
Alcohol Drinking - mortality
Alcohol use
Coalition governments
Europe
Forecasting
Government Regulation
Humans
Internal Medicine
Liver diseases
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - epidemiology
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - mortality
Market economies
Marketing
Mortality
Public health
United Kingdom
Urbanization
Wines
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Summary:According to WHO, morbidity attributable to alcohol in countries with an established market economy (10.3% of disability adjusted life years) comes second only to that of tobacco (11.7%).1 Liver disease is responsible for 70% of the directly recorded mortality from alcohol,2 and perhaps a quarter of the total attributable mortality; the true total is uncertain but is probably between 18 000 and 30 000 per year in England and Wales. France in the 1960s had high liver death rates as a result of excessive consumption of cheap wine; more than 20 L per head in 1962.11 Urbanisation and changing fashion led to an initial fall in consumption which accelerated as the links between alcohol and cirrhosis12 became more generally accepted in the late 1960s.13 The trend was then reinforced by government policies including the Loi Evin, which introduced very strict regulation of alcohol marketing.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60022-6