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. 2022 Sep;20(9):2142-2144.e2.
doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.03.017. Epub 2022 Mar 19.

Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Increased From 2017 to 2020 and Accelerated During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sasha Deutsch-Link  1 , Yue Jiang  2 , Anne F Peery  3 , Alfred S Barritt  3 , Ramon Bataller  4 , Andrew M Moon  3
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Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Increased From 2017 to 2020 and Accelerated During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sasha Deutsch-Link et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Alcohol consumption has risen substantially in the United States in the past 2 decades.1,2 Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a greater inpatient financial burden than all other etiologies of cirrhosis combined3 and is now the leading indication for liver transplantation.4 A recent study reported that ALD mortality increased between 2006 and 2017.5 Since 2017, alcohol consumption has continued to rise, and more significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.2 The aim of this research letter is to provide the most updated trends in ALD-related mortality in the United States and to quantify the rate of change of ALD-related mortality over time.

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Monthly crude ALD-related mortality for January 2017 to December 2020 for (A) males and (B) females. Figures depict crude monthly mortality counts.
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