HIV/AIDS mortality attributable to alcohol use in South Africa: a comparative risk assessment by socioeconomic status.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To quantify HIV/AIDS mortality attributable to alcohol use in the adult general population of South Africa in 2012 by socioeconomic status (SES). DESIGN:Comparative risk assessment based on secondary individual data, aggregate data and risk relations reported in the literature. SETTING:South African adult general population. PARTICIPANTS:For metrics of alcohol use by SES, sex and age: 27 070 adults that participated in a nationally representative survey in 2012. For HRs of dying from HIV/AIDS by SES: 87 029 adults that participated in a cohort study (years 2000 to 2014) based out of the Umkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Alcohol-attributable fractions for HIV/AIDS mortality by SES, age and sex were calculated based on the risk of engaging in condom-unpro

SUBMITTER: Probst C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855363 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature