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Trends in alcohol-related morbidity and mortality.
  • Published Date:

    1988 Nov-Dec

  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 103(6):592-597
  • Language:
    English
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    Two major trends regarding alcohol use and consequences of alcohol abuse in the United States are showing significant improvement. Continued declines are evident in age-adjusted rates of liver cirrhosis mortality, and per capita alcohol consumption is at its lowest level in 15 years. Two other trends, however, are less clear. After declining in 1982 and continuing through 1984, alcohol-related morbidity--as measured by principal diagnoses listed on short-stay, community hospital discharges--showed a slight increase in 1985. Similarly, after declining every year but one since 1981, alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities showed a significant increase in 1986. The downward trends suggest that progress is being made in efforts to reduce alcohol-related deaths and morbidity, but there are no easy explanations for any of the trends. Reductions in liver cirrhosis death rates may reflect coding changes in liver disease categories, less chronic heavy drinking, or better medical care. Lower per capita alcohol consumption may indicate the public's increased awareness of drinking risks or the aging of the U.S. population. Ironically, the recent increase in alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities may reflect stronger enforcement of drunk driving laws and increased BAC (blood alcohol content) testing.
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    1. Personal Author:
      Warren, K R ; Bast, R J ;
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):638-642
      Description:
      Historically, mankind has at least suspected that alcohol was somehow connected with undesirable effects on progeny. In the 18th century, physicians b...
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    2. Personal Author:
      Gordis, E
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
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      Public Health Rep. 103(6):575-577
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    3. Published Date:
      Nov-Dec 1988
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6)
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      Index and masthead
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    4. Published Date:
      Nov-Dec 1988
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6)
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    5. Personal Author:
      Hingson, R W ; Howland, J ; ...
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):659-667
      Description:
      From 1980 through 1985, considerable progress was made across the Nation in reducing drunken driving and fatal automobile crashes. More than 400 chapt...
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    6. Published Date:
      Nov 1988
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      Public Health Rep. 103(6):713-714
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    7. Personal Author:
      Tabakoff, B ; Hoffman, P L ;
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):690-698
      Description:
      Substantial scientific evidence has accumulated that both genetic and environmental factors predispose the development of alcoholism in certain indivi...
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    8. Personal Author:
      Roman, P M
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):628-637
      Description:
      Sensitivity to gender issues in the research community has generated a modest but growing amount of data on the biological effects of alcohol consumpt...
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    9. Personal Author:
      Allen, J P ; Eckardt, M J ; ...
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):586-592
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      Alcoholism is an often overlooked health problem because alcoholics usually do not seek treatment for their drinking problems. They do, however, seek ...
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    10. Personal Author:
      Butynski, W ; Canova, D M ;
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
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      Public Health Rep. 103(6):611-620
      Description:
      During fiscal year 1987, expenditures for alcohol and drug abuse services in facilities receiving at least some funds from State alcohol and drug agen...
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    11. Personal Author:
      Bowen, O R
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):559-563
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    12. Personal Author:
      Burke, T R
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):564-568
      Description:
      The economic effects of alcohol abuse are as damaging to the nation as the health effects, affecting the family, the community, and persons of all age...
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    13. Personal Author:
      Brady, J V
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):699-707
      Description:
      An empirical biobehavioral research approach to the conditions generally identified as alcohol abuse and alcoholism emphasizes the temporal ordering o...
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    14. Personal Author:
      Welte, J W ; Abel, E L ; ...
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):648-652
      Description:
      A discriminant analysis of the 806 suicide victims in Erie County, NY, from 1972-84, compared those with alcohol in the blood to those without. Thirty...
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    15. Personal Author:
      Johnson, E M ; Amatetti, S ; ...
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):578-586
      Description:
      The Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration's Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) was established to initiate programs to provi...
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    16. Personal Author:
      Woodside, M
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):643-648
      Description:
      There are 28 million children of alcoholics in the United States--1 of every 8 Americans. They are more likely than others to suffer from alcoholism a...
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    17. Personal Author:
      Towle, L H ; Stinson, F S ; ...
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):597-605
      Description:
      It is well known that alcohol abuse is significantly involved in the incidence of casualties (that is, accidents and injuries as they are defined for ...
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    18. Personal Author:
      Straus, R
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):707-712
      Description:
      The nature of alcohol problems, knowledge about alcohol use and abuse, and public perceptions and responses have all undergone substantial change duri...
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    19. Personal Author:
      Engs, R C ; Hanson, D J ;
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):667-673
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      An extensive review of the literature on college students' drinking patterns and problems since the mid-1930s revealed no radical changes over the pas...
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    20. Personal Author:
      Wallen, J
      Published Date:
      1988 Nov-Dec
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 103(6):605-611
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      This article examines the role of health services research in alcoholism treatment. Alcoholism services research has only recently emerged as a self-d...
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