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 Cancer
    Boffetta P, Hashibe M. The Lancet Oncology. 7(2), 149-156.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. Moderate Alcohol Use and Reduced Mortality Risk: Systematic Error in Prospective Studies
    Fillmore KM, Kerr WC, Stockwell T, Chikritzhs T, Bostrom A. Addiction Research and Theory. 14(2), 101-132.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  5. Alcohol Use and Sexual Behavior Among Risky Drinkers and Bar and Shebeen Patrons in Gauteng Province, South Africa
    Morojelea NK, Kachieng’ab MA, Mokokoc E, Nkokoa MA, Parry d, Charles DH, Nkowanee AM, . Social Science & Medicine. 62, 217–227.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  6. 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)
  7. Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes as a Leading Cause of Death in the United States, 2003 (No. Dot Hs 810 568)
    Subramanian R. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis. Washington, DC. .
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  8. Intimate Partner Violence. Prevalence, Types, and Chronicity in Adult Women
    Thompson RS, Bonomi AE, Anderson M, Reid RJ, Dimer JA, Carrell D, . American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 30(6), 447-457.
    Date: 2006 (archived)
  9. 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)
  10. The Role of Alcohol Use and Depression in Intimate Partner Violence
    Lipsky SR, Caetano R, Field CA, Bazargan-Hejazi S. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse. 31(2), 225-242.
    Date: 2005 (archived)
  11. Alcohol Use by Men is a Risk Factor for the Acquisition of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Human Immunodeficiency Virus from Female Sex Workers in Mumbai, India
    Madhivanan P, Hernandez A, Gogate A, Stein E, Gregorich S, Setia M, . Sexually Transmitted Infections. 32(11), 685-690.
    Date: 2005 (archived)
  12. Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Persons
    Stein M, Herman DS, Trisvan E, Pirraglia P, Engler P, Anderson BJ. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 29(5), 837-843.
    Date: 2005 (archived)
  13. 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)
  14. A Meta-Analysis of Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of 15 Diseases
    Corrao G, Bagnardi V, Zambon A, La Vecchia C. Preventive Medicine. 38, 613-619.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  15. Weekend Effects on Binge Drinking and Homicide: The Social Connection Between Alcohol and Violence in Russia
    Pridemore WA. Addiction. 99(8), 1034–1041.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
  16. How Stable is the Risk Curve Between Alcohol and All-Cause Mortality and What Factors Influence the Shape?
    Gmel G, Gutjahr E, Rehm J. European Journal of Epidemiology. 18, 631-642.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  17. Epidemiology and Consequences of Drinking and Driving
    Hingson R, MWinter . Alcohol Research & Health. 27:63(16).
    Date: 2003 (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. Alcohol-Related Morbidity and Mortality
    Rehm J, Gmel G, Sempos CT, Trevisan M. Alcohol Research and Health. 27(1), 39-51.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
  20. The Relationship of Average Volume of Alcohol Consumption and Patterns of Drinking to Burden of Disease — An Overview
    Rehm J, Room R, Graham K, Monteiro M, Gmel G, Sempos CT. Addiction. 98(10), 1209-1228.
    Date: 2003 (archived)
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