Trends of alcohol-attributable deaths in Lithuania 2001-2021: epidemiology and policy conclusions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lithuania, a Baltic country in the European Union, can be characterized by high alcohol consumption and attributable burden. The aim of this contribution is to estimate the mortality burden due to alcohol use for the past two decades based on different relative risk functions, identify trends, and analyse the associations of alcohol-attributable burden with alcohol control policies and life expectancy.

Methods

The standard methodology used by the World Health Organization for estimating alcohol-attributable mortality was employed to generate mortality rates for alcohol-attributable mortality, standardized for Lithuania's 2021 population distribution. Joinpoint analysis, T-tests, correlations, and regression analyses including meta-regressions were used to describe

SUBMITTER: Rehm J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10935848 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature