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Article de Périodique
Projections of alcohol deaths - a wake-up call (Comment) (2011)
Auteur(s) :
SHERON, N. ;
HAWKEY, C. ;
GILMORE, I.
Année
2011
Page(s) :
1297-1299
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
15
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
MORTALITE
;
FOIE
;
EVOLUTION
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
;
POLITIQUE
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
;
EUROPE
Résumé :
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%). Liver disease is responsible for 70% of the directly recorded mortality from alcohol, 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. Alcohol causes around 80% of deaths from liver disease, and trends in liver mortality reflect trends in overall alcohol-related harm; liver death rates are a measure of the damage caused to society by alcohol, and a good measure for the success of alcohol policy. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Clinical Hepatology, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni