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. 2023 Jun 6:1-13.
doi: 10.1007/s11469-023-01083-1. Online ahead of print.

Alcohol-Induced Mortality in the USA: Trends from 1999 to 2020

Nasim Maleki  1 , Ismaeel Yunusa  2 , Ibraheem M Karaye  3
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Alcohol-Induced Mortality in the USA: Trends from 1999 to 2020

Nasim Maleki et al. Int J Ment Health Addict. .

Abstract

This study comprehensively examined trends in alcohol-induced overdose mortality in the USA between 1999 and 2020 by age, sex, race/ethnicity, census region, and type of injury. Using the CDC WONDER database, 605,948 alcohol-induced deaths were recorded. Mortality increased by 14.1% per year (95% CI 8.2, 20.3) from 2018 to 2020, with the highest rates among males, non-Hispanic Whites, individuals aged 55-64, and the Western census region. Rising trends were observed across racial/ethnic subgroups, except for American Indians/Alaska Natives, with annual increases of 17% among non-Hispanic Blacks, 14.3% among non-Hispanic Whites, 9.5% among Asian/Pacific Islanders, and 12.6% among Hispanics. Males, females, all age groups, and census regions also experienced increasing trends. In conclusion, this study underscores worsening alcohol-induced mortality in the recent two decades and the need for research to identify its determinants. Such research can guide evidence-based public health interventions to reduce excessive alcohol use consequences.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-023-01083-1.

Keywords: Alcohol-induced mortality; Alcohol-related mortality; Trends; USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of InterestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Trends by sex
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Trends by census region
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