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. 2019 Feb;23(1):39-50.
doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2018.09.011.

Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption and Societal Burden of Alcoholism and Alcoholic Liver Disease

Page D Axley  1 , Crit Taylor Richardson  2 , Ashwani K Singal  3
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Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption and Societal Burden of Alcoholism and Alcoholic Liver Disease

Page D Axley et al. Clin Liver Dis. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

Alcohol abuse is a major determinant of public health outcomes. Worldwide data from 2016 indicate that alcohol is the seventh leading risk factor in terms of disability-adjusted life years, an increase of more than 25% from 1990 to 2016. Understanding the epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease, including the regional variations in consumption and public policy, is an area of active research. In countries where the per capita consumption of alcohol decreases, there appears to be an associated decrease in disease burden. Given alcohol's health burden, an increased focus on alcohol control policies is needed.

Keywords: Alcoholic cirrhosis; Alcoholic hepatitis; Burden of disease; Epidemiology; Liver cirrhosis; Prevalence of disease.

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