Institute of Alcohol Studies. (2024) Alcohol-specific and alcohol-related deaths: what does it all mean? London: Institute of Alcohol Studies.
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Drinking alcohol is a leading cause of premature and preventable deaths. Two main measures are used to estimate the number of deaths caused by alcohol consumption: alcohol-specific deaths and alcohol-related deaths.
Both definitions are used by World Health Organization (WHO) member countries for clinical, epidemiological, and health management purposes, such as for researching alcohol harm or for death certificates.
B Substances > Alcohol
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
G Health and disease > Pathologic process > Cancer
G Health and disease > Cardiovascular / heart disease
G Health and disease > Digestive / endocrine system disease > Liver disease
G Health and disease > Digestive / endocrine system disease > Liver disease > Liver cirrhosis
P Demography, epidemiology, and history > Population dynamics > Substance related mortality / death
VA Geographic area > International
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