Contribution of Excessive Alcohol Consumption to Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost in the United States

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Stahre, Mandy ; Roeber, Jim ; Kanny, Dafna ; Brewer, Robert D. ; Zhang, Xingyou
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Excessive alcohol consumption is a leading cause of premature mortality in the United States. The objectives of this study were to update national estimates of alcohol-attributable deaths (AAD) and years of potential life lost (YPLL) in the United States, calculate age-adjusted rates of AAD and YPLL in states, assess the contribution of AAD and YPLL to total deaths and YPLL among working-age adults, and estimate the number of deaths and YPLL among those younger than 21 years.
  
  Methods
  
  We used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Alcohol-Related Disease Impact application for 2006–2010 to estimate total AAD and YPLL across 54 conditions for the United States, by sex and age. AAD and YPLL rates and the proportion of total deaths that were attributable to excessive alcohol consumption among working-age adults (20-64 y) were calculated for the United States and for individual states.
  
  Results
  
  From 2006 through 2010, an annual average of 87,798 (27.9/100,000 population) AAD and 2.5 million (831.6/100,000) YPLL occurred in the United States. Age-adjusted state AAD rates ranged from 51.2/100,000 in New Mexico to 19.1/100,000 in New Jersey. Among working-age adults, 9.8% of all deaths in the United States during this period were attributable to excessive drinking, and 69% of all AAD involved working-age adults.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Excessive drinking was responsible for 1 in 10 deaths among working-age adults in the United States. AAD rates vary across states, but excessive drinking remains a leading cause of premature mortality nationwide. Strategies recommended by the Community Preventive Services Task Force can help reduce excessive drinking and harms related to it.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Alcohol-Related Disorders Alcoholism Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Chronic Disease Cost Of Illness Female Humans Male Middle Aged Mortality, Premature Original Research Quality-Adjusted Life Years Sickness Impact Profile Young Adult

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 11.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.130293
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.) ; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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