ArticleJournal of global health2019
The global proportion and volume of unrecorded alcohol in 2015.
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- Unrecorded alcohol consumption in Lithuania: a modelling study for 2000-2021.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2023Article
- The socioeconomic gradient of alcohol use: an analysis of nationally representative survey data from 55 low-income and middle-income countries.The Lancet. Global health · 2022Article
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- Cross-sectional study on the characteristics of unrecorded alcohol consumption in nine newly independent states between 2013 and 2017.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Epidemiological Realities of Alcoholic Liver Disease: Global Burden, Research Trends, and Therapeutic Promise.Gene expression · 2020Review
- Russia's National Concept to Reduce Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol-Dependence in the Population 2010-2020: Which Policy Targets Have Been Achieved?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Meeting the Global NCD Target of at Least 10% Relative Reduction in the Harmful Use of Alcohol: Is the WHO European Region on Track?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol consumption is associated with elevated risks of disease and injury, and the best indicator of the level of consumption in a country is total alcohol
methodsEstimates of unrecorded APC were based on a multilevel fractional response regression model using data from World Health Organization's (WHO) STEPwise approach to surveillance surveys (16 countries, 66 188 participants), estimates from the routine WHO reporting on key indicators of alcohol use (189 countries), and a nominal group expert assessment (42 countries, 129 experts). Expert assessments also included data on the sources of unrecorded alcohol and the perception of unrecorded alcohol as a public health, social, and financial problem.
resultsThe volume of global unrecorded APC was 1.6 L pure alcohol, representing 25% of the total APC. The volume of unrecorded APC was highest in Europe (2.1 L
conclusionsHigh volumes of unrecorded alcohol are consumed globally; however, the volumes consumed and the sources of the unrecorded alcohol exhibit large geographical variation.
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