Titre
Alcohol as a risk factor for global burden of disease
Type
article
Institution
Externe
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Rehm, J.
Auteure/Auteur
Room, R.
Auteure/Auteur
Monteiro, M.
Auteure/Auteur
Gmel, G.
Auteure/Auteur
Graham, K.
Auteure/Auteur
Rehn, N.
Auteure/Auteur
Sempos, C. T.
Auteure/Auteur
Jernigan, D.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
ISSN
1022-6877
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2003-10
Volume
9
Numéro
4
Première page
157
Dernière page/numéro d’article
64
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Oct
Résumé
AIM: To make quantitative estimates of the burden of disease attributable to alcohol in the year 2000 on a global basis. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis. MEASUREMENTS: Two dimensions of alcohol exposure were included: average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking. There were also two main outcome measures: mortality, i.e. the number of deaths, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), i.e. the number of years of life lost to premature mortality or to disability. All estimates were prepared separately by sex, age group and WHO region. FINDINGS: Alcohol causes a considerable disease burden: 3.2% of the global deaths and 4.0% of the global DALYs in the year 2000 could be attributed to this exposure. There were marked differences by sex and region for both outcomes. In addition, there were differences by disease category and type of outcome; in particular, unintentional injuries contributed most to alcohol-attributable mortality burden while neuropsychiatric diseases contributed most to alcohol-attributable disease burden. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSIONS: The underlying assumptions are discussed and reasons are given as to why the estimates should still be considered conservative despite the considerable burden attributable to alcohol globally.
Sujets
PID Serval
serval:BIB_E567F0503A82
PMID
Date de création
2008-01-25T16:16:11.913Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-21T05:11:58Z