ArticleAmerican journal of public health1994
Drinking behavior in relation to cause of death among US adults.
Article in American journal of public health, 1994. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Alcohol Consumption and 15 Causes of Fatal Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- The effect of computer usage in internet café on cigarette smoking and alcohol use among chinese adolescents and youth: a longitudinal study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2012Article
- Epidemiology of severe trauma among status Aboriginal Canadians: a population-based study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2005Article
- Alcohol-related morbidity and mortality.Alcohol research & health : the journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · 2003Review
- Drinking histories of fatally injured drivers.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2002Article
- Alcohol consumption, risk of injury, and high-cost medical care.The journal of behavioral health services & researchArticle
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Abstract
objectivesAlcohol involvement is common in many fatal injuries. This study examines drinking behavior in a nationally representative sample of US adult decedents aged 25 through 64 years and its association with cause of death.
methodsProxy-reported information from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey was used to profile the decedents' usual frequency and quantity of drinking. The association of drinking behavior with underlying cause of death was assessed while adjusting for demographic characteristics.
resultsOf the decedents, 17% were daily drinkers, 22% usually consumed five drinks or more per occasion, and 27% were classified as heavier drinkers. Persons who died of injury drank more frequently and heavily than those who died of disease. The adjusted odds ratio of injury's being the underlying cause of death was 1.4 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.1, 1.8) for daily drinkers, 1.5 (95% CI = 1.1, 2.0) for those drinking five or more drinks per occasion, and 1.4 (95% CI = 1.1, 1.7) for heavier drinkers.
conclusionsDaily drinking, binge drinking, and heavier drinking were each associated with an increased likelihood of injury as the underlying cause of death. Persons who were young, male, Native American, or divorced or separated were more likely to drink frequently and heavily.
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