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Alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable burden of disease in Switzerland, 2002

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Objectives:

This analysis estimated alcohol-attributable burden of disease for Switzerland.

Methods:

Exposure distributions were taken from the 2002 Swiss Health Survey and adjusted for per capita consumption. Risk relations were taken from meta-analyses. Mortality and burden of disease data were taken from the World Health Organization.

Results:

Overall consumption and alcohol-attributable mortality and burden of disease in Switzerland were high compared to European and global averages, especially among women. Overall in Switzerland in 2002, 2016 deaths (5.2% of all deaths in men, 1.4% in women), 28,939 years of life lost (men: 10.5%, women: 4.9%) and 70,256 disability adjusted life years (men: 12.9%, women: 4.2%) were attributable to alcohol. These numbers are net numbers already incorporating the cardioprotective and other beneficial effects of alcohol.

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Limitations of the approach used are discussed. In addition, questions of causality and confounding are addressed.

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Correspondence to Jürgen Rehm.

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Submitted: 19 February 2007; Revised: 26 May 2007; Accepted: 6 June 2007

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Rehm, J., Taylor, B., Roerecke, M. et al. Alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable burden of disease in Switzerland, 2002. Int J Public Health 52, 383–392 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-007-7010-0

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