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Comparative quantification of alcohol exposure as risk factor for global burden of disease

✍ Scribed by Jürgen Rehm; Jens Klotsche; Jayadeep Patra

Book ID
102525170
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
192 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
1049-8931

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Alcohol has been identified as one of the most important risk factors in the burden experienced as a result of disease. The objective of the present contribution is to establish a framework to comparatively quantify alcohol exposure as it is relevant for burden of disease. Different key indicators are combined to derive this quantification. First, adult per capita consumption, composed of recorded and unrecorded consumption, yields the best overall estimate of alcohol exposure for a country or region. Second, survey information is used to allocate the per capita consumption into sex and age groups. Third, an index for detrimental patterns of drinking is used to determine the additional impact on injury and cardiovascular burden. The methodology is applied to estimate global alcohol exposure for the year 2002. Finally, assumptions and potential problems of the approach are discussed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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