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. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. Alcohol and Cancer
    Boffetta P, Hashibe M. The Lancet Oncology. 7(2), 149-156.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  6. 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)
  7. 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)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. 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)
  11. Alcohol’s Effects on the Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
    Mukamal KJ, Rimm EB. Alcohol Health & Research World. 25(4), 255-262.
    Date: 2001 (archived)
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