Titre : | Health impacts of increasing alcohol prices in the European Union: A dynamic projection (2012) |
Auteurs : | S. K. LHACHIMI ; K. J. COLE ; W. J. NUSSELDER ; H. A. SMIT ; P. BAILI ; K. BENNETT ; J. POMERLEAU ; M. McKEE ; K. CHARLESWORTH ; M. C. KULIK ; J. P. MACKENBACH ; H. BOSHUIZEN |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Preventive Medicine (Vol.55, n°3, September 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | 237-243 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SAN (Santé publique / Public health) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique UNION EUROPEENNE ; EUROPEThésaurus mots-clés ALCOOL ; PRIX ; TAXE ; SANTE PUBLIQUE ; MODELE ; CONSOMMATION ; MORTALITE ; MORBIDITE |
Résumé : |
Objective: Western Europe has high levels of alcohol consumption, with corresponding adverse health effects. Currently, a major revision of the EU excise tax regime is under discussion. We quantify the health impact of alcohol price increases across the EU.
Data and method: We use alcohol consumption data for 11 member states, covering 80% of the EU-27 population, and corresponding country-specific disease data (incidence, prevalence, and case-fatality rate of alcohol related diseases) taken from the 2010 published Dynamic Modelling for Health Impact Assessment (DYNAMO-HIA) database to dynamically project the changes in population health that might arise from changes in alcohol price. Results: Increasing alcohol prices towards those of Finland (the highest in the EU) would postpone approximately 54,000 male and approximately 26,100 female deaths over 10 years. Moreover, the prevalence of a number of chronic diseases would be reduced: in men by approximately 97,800 individuals with diabetes, 65,800 with stroke and 62,200 with selected cancers, and in women by about 19,100, 23,500, and 27,100, respectively. Conclusion: Curbing excessive drinking throughout the EU completely would lead to substantial gains in population health. Harmonisation of prices to the Finnish level would, for selected diseases, achieve more than 40% of those gains. HIGHLIGHTS: • Currently, an increase of the EU-wide minimum tax on alcohol is under debate. • No EU-wide scientific study of the resulting population health effects exists. • Using novel data and a dynamic projection tool we quantify potential health gains. • The health gains when harmonising prices to the Finnish level are substantial. |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol |
Affiliation : | Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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