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. 

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All-Cause Mortality and Morbidity

Relating Off‐Premises Alcohol Outlet Density to Intentional and Unintentional Injuries

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  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. Hospital-Admitted Injury Attributable to Alcohol
    Miller TR, Spicer RS. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 36(1), 104-112.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  8. Nonfatal Bicycle Accident Risk After an Evening of Alcohol Consumption
    Verster JC, van Herwijnen J, Volkerts ER, Oliver B. The Open Addiction Journal. 2, 1-5.
    Date: 2009 (archived)
  9. Alcohol-Attributable Fraction for Injury in the United States General Population: Data from the 2005 National Alcohol Survey
    Cherpitel CJ, Ye Y. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 69(4), 535-538.
    Date: 2008 (archived)
  10. [Chapter 1] Risk of Injury Associated with Alcohol and Alcohol-Related Injury
    Ye Y, Cherpitel CJ. Alcohol and Injuries: Emergency Department Studies in an International Perspective (pp. Pending). World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. .
    Date: 2008 (archived)
  11. WHO Collaborative Study on Alcohol and Injuries: Final Report
    WHO Collaborative Study Group. Geneva, Switzerland: Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, World Health Organization. .
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  12. The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Emergency Department Services Use Among Injury Patients: A Cross-National Emergency Room Study: A Research Report from the Emergency Room Collaborative Alcohol Analysis Project (ERCAAP) and the WHO Collaborative Study on Alcohol and Injuries
    Cherpitel CJ, Ye Y, Bond J, Rehm J, Cremonte M, Neves O, . Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 67, 890-897.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  13. Magnitude of Alcohol- Related Mortality and Morbidity Among United States College Students Ages 18-24 Changes from 1998 to 2001
    Hingson RW, Heeren T, Winter MR, Wechsler H. Annual Review of Public Health. 26, 259-279.
    Date: 2005 (archived)
  14. Episodic Alcohol Use and Risk of Nonfatal Injury
    Borges G, Cherpitel CJ, Mondragón L, Poznyak V, Peden M, Gutiérrez I. American Journal of Epidemiology. 159(6), 565-571.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  15. Alcohol [Burden of Disease and Injury Attributable to Selected Risk Factors]
    Rehm J, Room R, Monteiro M, Gmel G, Graham K, Rehn N, . The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life (pp. 19-21). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. .
    Date: 2002 (archived)
  16. Age of Drinking Onset and Unintentional Injury Involvement After Drinking
    Hingson RW, Heeren T, Jamanka A, Howland J. JAMA. 284(12), 1527-1533.
    Date: 2000 (archived)
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