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. 

Alcohol Policies and Alcohol-Involved Homicide Victimization in the United States

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  1. Prevalence of School Violence and Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Adolescents
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    Date: 2019
  2. Alcohol Use in Family, Domestic and Other Violence: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey of the Australian Population
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    Date: 2019
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  5. A Longitudinal Observation Study Assessing Changes in Indicators of Serious Injury and Violence with Alcohol Controls in Four Remote Indigenous Australian Communities in Far North Queensland (2000-2015)
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    Date: 2018
  7. Gender and Country Differences in Alcohol-Aggression Expectancy and Alcohol-Related Intimate Partner Violence
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    Date: 2018
  8. Children, Parental Alcohol Consumption, and Intimate Partner Violence: A Multi-Country Analysis by Perpetration Versus Victimization and Sex
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    Date: 2018
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  11. A Dose-Response Estimate for Acute Alcohol Use and Risk of Suicide Attempt
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    Date: 2017
  12. Stability of Alcohol Use and Teen Dating Violence for Female Youth: A Latent Transition Analysis
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    Date: 2017
  13. Unnatural and Violent Death in Cases with High Blood Alcohol Concentration— Autopsy Study
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    Date: 2017
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    Lightowlers C. Substance Use & Misuse. 52(13), 1721-1732.
    Date: 2017
  16. Hazardous Drinking and Exposure to Interpersonal and Community Violence on Both Sides of the United States-Mexico Border
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    Date: 2017
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    Date: 2017
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    Date: 2017
  19. Alcohol Use and Firearm Violence
    Branas CC, Han S, Wiebe DJ. Epidemiologic reviews. 38(1), 32.
    Date: 2016
  20. Age-Related Changes in the Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Violence from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood
    Salas-Wright CP, Reingle Gonzalez JM, Vaughn MG, Schwartz SJ, Jetelina KK. Addictive Behaviors Reports. 4(C), 13-17.
    Date: 2016
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