ArticleSucht2023
Changes in Alcohol-Specific Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 14 European Countries.
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- Sex and age differences in alcohol-attributable mortality in Chile between 2008 and 2022.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Utilisation During the Coronavirus Pandemic in Hamburg, Germany.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trends in health conditions associated with alcohol among patients with hypertension in Sweden.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Excess Alcohol-Induced Hospitalisations and Deaths During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- What drove changes in alcohol sales during the COVID-19 pandemic in Czechia? An interrupted time series analyses.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
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- Changes in Alcohol-Specific Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 14 European Countries.Sucht · 2023Article
- Covid-19, the polarization of substance use, and mental health.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
Aim: Exploring trends in 1) alcohol-specific mortality and 2) alcohol sales in European countries in the years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Complete data on alcohol-specific mortality and alcohol sales were obtained for 14 European countries (13 EU countries and UK) for the years 2010 to 2020, with six countries having mortality data available up to 2021. Age-standardised mortality rates were calculated and descriptive statistics used. Results: When compared to 2019, alcohol-specific mortality rates in 2020 increased by 7.7 % and 8.2 % for women and men, respectively. Increases in alcohol-specific mortality were seen in the majority of countries and continued in 2021. In contrast, alcohol sales declined by an average of 5.0 %. Conclusion: Despite a drop in alcohol consumption, more people died due to alcohol-specific causes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
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