Mortality and Morbidity

Even in low and moderate amounts, drinking alcohol increases the risk of chronic diseases, such as various cancers, and coronary heart disease, illnesses, injuries and disabilities, and causes harms that extend beyond the drinker to include family, friends and the larger community. Estimates of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality rates also consider quantity and frequency of consumption to determine how drinking affects a person’s health. 

Acute

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Chronic

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All-Cause Mortality and Morbidity
  1. Alcohol and Drug Use as Predictors of Intentional Injuries in Two Emergency Departments in British Columbia
    Cherpitel C, Martin G, Macdonald S, Brubacher JR, Stenstrom R. The American Journal on Addictions. 22(2), 87-92.
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  2. Drinking and Driving in the United States: Comparing Results from the 2007 and 1996 National Roadside Surveys
    Kelley-Baker T, Lacey JH, Voas RB, Romano E, Yao J. Traffic Injury Prevention. 14(2), 117-126.
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  3. The Geography of Violence, Alcohol Outlets, and Drug Arrests in Boston
    Lipton R, Yang X, Braga AA, Goldstick J, Newton M, Rura M. American Journal of Public Health. 103(4), 657-664.
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  4. Alcohol Consumption and Injury
    Macdonald S, Greer A, Brubacher JR, Cherpitel CJ, Stockwell T, Zeisser C. Alcohol – Science, Policy and Public Health (pp. 171-178). Oxfork, UK: Oxford University Press. .
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  5. Varying Impacts of Alcohol Outlet Densities on Violent Assaults: Explaining Differences Across Neighborhoods
    Mair C, Gruenewald PJ, Ponicki WR, Remer L. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 74(1), 50-58.
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  6. Risk of Injury Due to Alcohol: Evaluating Potential Bias Using the Case-Crossover Usual-Frequency Method
    Ye Y, Bond J, Cherpitel CJ, Stockwell T, Macdonald S, Rehm J. Epidemiology. 24(2), 240-243.
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  7. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Alcohol Consumption and Injury Risk as a Function of Study Design and Recall Period
    Zeisser C, Stockwell TR, Chikritzhs T, Cherpitel CJ, Ye Y, Gardner C. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 37(Suppl. 1), E1-E8.
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  8. Attribution of Alcohol to Violence-Related Injury: Self and Others Drinking in the Event
    Cherpitel CJ, Ye Y, Bond J, Room R, Borges G. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 73(2), 227-284.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  9. Alcohol-Impaired Driving in the United States: Contributors to the Problem and Effective Countermeasures
    Ferguson SA. Traffic Injury Prevention. 13(5), 427-441.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  10. The Legacy of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law Changes: Long-Term Effects on Suicide and Homicide Deaths Among Women Alcoholism
    Grucza RA, Hipp PR, Norberg KE, Rundell L, Evanoff A, Cavazos-Rehg P, Bierut LJ. Clinical and Experimental Research. 36(2), 377-384.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  11. The Role of Race/Ethnicity in Alcohol-Attributable Injury in the United States
    Keyes KM, Liu XC, Cerda M. Epidemiologic Reviews. 34(1), 89-102.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  12. A Comparative Risk Assessment of Burden of Disease and Injury Attributable to 67 Risk Factor Clusters in 21 Regions, 1990-2010: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
    Lim SS, Vos T, Flaxman AD, Danaei G, Shibuya K, Lopez AD, Murray CJL, Ezzati M, etal. The Lancet. 380(9859), 2224-2260.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  13. Hospital-Admitted Injury Attributable to Alcohol
    Miller TR, Spicer RS. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 36(1), 104-112.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  14. The Importance of Alcoholic Beverage Type for Suicide in Japan: A Time Series Analysis: 1963- 2007
    Norström T, Stickley A, Shibuya K. Drug and Alcohol Review. 31(3), 251-256..
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  15. Drunk Driving in the United States: An Examination of Informal and formal Factors to Explain Variation in DUI Enforcement Across United States Counties
    Rookey BD. Western Criminology Review. 13(1), 37-52.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  16. The Effects of Beverage Type on Homicide Rates in Russia: 1970-2005
    Stickley A, Razvodovsky Y. Drug and Alcohol Review. 31(3), 257-262.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  17. Alcohol’s Role in Sexual Violence Perpetration: Theoretical Explanations, Existing Evidence, and Future Directions
    Abbey A. Drug and Alcohol Review. 30(5), 481-489.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  18. Alcohol Misuse, Sexual Risk Behavior and Adverse Sexual Health Outcomes: Evidence from Britain’s National Probability Sexual Behavior Surveys
    Aicken CRH, Nardone A, Mercer CH. Journal of Public Health. 33(2), 262-271.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  19. Vital Signs: Alcohol- Impaired Driving Among Adults – United States, 2010
    Bergen G, Shults RA, Rudd RA. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 60(39), 1351-1356.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  20. Effectiveness of Ignition Interlocks for Preventing Alcohol-Impaired Driving and Alcohol-Related Crashes: A Community Guide Systematic Review
    Elder RW, Voas R, Beirness D, Shults RA, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Compton R. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 40(3), 362-376.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
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