Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost From Excessive Alcohol Use — U.S. 2011–2015

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Esser, Marissa B. ; Sherk, Adam ; Liu, Yong ; Naimi, Timothy S. ; Stockwell, Timothy ; Stahre, Mandy ; Kanny, Dafna ; Landen, Michael ; Saitz, Richard ; Brewer, Robert D.
• Description:
  Excessive alcohol use is a leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. (1) and costs associated with it, such as those from losses in workplace productivity, health care expenditures, and criminal justice, were $249 billion in 2010 (2). CDC used the Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI) application* to estimate national and state average annual alcohol-attributable deaths and years of potential life lost (YPLL) during 2011-2015, including deaths from one's own excessive drinking (e.g., liver disease) and from others' drinking (e.g., passengers killed in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes). This study found an average of 93,296 alcohol-attributable deaths (255 deaths per day) and 2.7 million YPLL (29 years of life lost per death, on average) in the U.S. each year. Of all alcohol-attributable deaths, 51,078 (54.7%) were caused by chronic conditions, and 52,361 (56.0%) involved adults aged 35-64 years. Age-adjusted alcohol-attributable deaths per 100,000 population ranged from 20.3 in New Jersey and New York to 52.3 in New Mexico. YPLL per 100,000 population ranged from 613.8 in New York to 1,651.7 in New Mexico. Implementation of effective strategies for preventing excessive drinking, including those recommended by the Community Preventive Services Task Force (e.g., increasing alcohol taxes and regulating the number and concentration of alcohol outlets), could reduce alcohol-attributable deaths and YPLL.|.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Alcoholism Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Life Expectancy Male Middle Aged Mortality Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(30):981-987
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  32730240
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7392395
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  30
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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