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. Adjusting for Unrecorded Consumption in Survey and Per Capita Sales Data: Quantification of Impact on Gender- and Age-Specific Alcohol-Attributable Fractions for Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers in Great Britain
    Meier PS, Meng Y, Holmes J, Baumgerg B, Purshouse R, Hill- McManus D, Brennan A. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 48(2), 241-249.
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  2. Alcohol-Attributable Cancer Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost in the United States
    Nelson DE, Jarman DW, Rehm J, Greenfield TK, Rey G, Kerr WC, . American Journal of Public Health. 103(4), 641-648.
    Date: 2013 (archived)
  3. The Cardioprotective Association of Average Alcohol Consumption and Ischemic Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Roerecke M, Rehm J. Addiction. 107(7), 1246-1270.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  4. Per Capita Alcohol Consumption and Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in a Panel of United States from 1950 to 2002
    Kerr WC, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Subbaraman MS, Ye Y. Addiction. 106(2), 313-322.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  5. Heavy Drinking Occasions in Relation to Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality: An 11-22 Year Follow-Up of the 1984 and 1995 United States National Alcohol Surveys
    Roerecke M, Greenfield TK, Kerr WC, Bond J, Ye Y, Bondy S, Cohen J, Rehm J. International Journal of Epidemiology. 40(5), 1401-1410.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  6. Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality and Morbidity Rates in former Drinkers: A Meta-Analysis
    Roerecke M, Rehm J. American Journal of Epidemiology. 173(3), 245-258.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  7. Alcohol and Non-Communicable Diseases- Cancer, Heart Disease and More
    Room R, Rehm J. Addiction. 106(1), 1-2.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  8. Relationship of Life-Course Drinking Patterns to Diabetes, Heart Problems, and Hypertension Among Those 40 and Older in the 2005 United States National Alcohol Survey
    Kerr WC, Ye Y. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 71(4), 515-525.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  9. Cessation of Alcohol Drinking, Tobacco Smoking and the Reversal of Head and Neck Cancer Risk
    Marron M, Boffeta P, Zhang Z-F, Zaridze D, Wünsch-Filho V, Winn DM, Wei Q, Talamini R, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Sturgis EM, Smith E, Schwartz SM, Rudnai P, Purdue MP, Olshan AF, Eluf-Neto J, Muscat J, Morgenstern H, Menezes A, McClean M, Matos E, Mates IN, Lissowska J, Levi F, Lazarus P, LaVecchia C, Koifman S, Kelsey K, Herrero R, Hayes RB, Franceschi S, Fernandez L, Fabianova E, Daudt AW, Dal Maso L, Curado MP, Cadoni G, Chen C, Castellsagué X, Boccia S, Benhamou S, Ferro G, Berthiller J, Brennan P, Møller H, Hashibe M. International Journal of Epidemiology. 39(1), 182-196.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  10. Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Mortality Among United States Adults: 1987 to 2002
    Mukamal KJ, Chen CM, Rao SR, Breslow RA. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(13), 1328-1335.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  11. Irregular Heavy Drinking Occasions and Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Roerecke M, Rehm J. American Journal of Epidemiology. 171(6), 633-644.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  12. Fluctuations in Male Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in Russia 1959-1998: Assessing the Importance of Alcohol
    Ramstedt M. Drug and Alcohol Review. 28(4), 390-395.
    Date: 2009 (archived)
  13. Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption in the United States: Quantity, Frequency, and Cause-Specific Mortality
    Breslow RA, Graubard BI. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 32 (3), 513–521.
    Date: 2008 (archived)
  14. Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Mortality Accounting for Possible Misclassification of Intake: 11-Year Follow-Up of the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
    Harriss LR, English DR, Hopper JL, Powles J, Simpson JA, O’Dea K, Giles GG, Tonkin AM. Addiction. 102(10), 1574-1585.
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  15. Alcohol and Cancer
    Boffetta P, Hashibe M. The Lancet Oncology. 7(2), 149-156.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  16. The Burden of Cancer Attributable to Alcohol Drinking
    Boffetta P, Hashibe M, La Vecchia C, Zatonski W, Rehm J. International Journal of Cancer (Geneva). 119, 884-887.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  17. Patterns of Drinking and Mortality from Different Diseases – An Overview
    Rehm J, Greenfield TK, Kerr WC. Contemporary Drug Problems. 33(2), 205-235.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  18. Roles of Drinking Pattern and Type of Alcohol Consumed in Coronary Heart Disease in Men
    Mukamal KJ, Conigrave KM, Mittleman MA, Camargo CA, Jr, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, . The New England Journal of Medicine. 348(2), 109-118.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  19. Average Volume of Alcohol Consumption, Patterns of Drinking and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Review
    Rhem Sempos CT, Trevisan M. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk. 10, 15-20.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  20. Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Cancer: A Meta-Analysis
    Bagnardi V, Blangiardo M, La Vecchia C, Corrao G. Alcohol Research & Health. 25(4), 236-270.
    Date: 2001 (archived)
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