Comparison of different approaches for estimating age-specific alcohol-attributable mortality: The cases of France and Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate estimates of the impact of alcohol on overall and age-specific mortality are crucial for formulating health policies. However, different approaches to estimating alcohol-attributable mortality provide different results, and a detailed comparison of age-specific estimates is missing.

Methods

Using data on cause of death, alcohol consumption, and relative risks of mortality at different consumption levels, we compare eight estimates of sex- and age-specific alcohol-attributable mortality in France (2010) and Finland (2013): five estimates using cause-of-death approaches (with one accounting for contributory causes), and three estimates using attributable fraction (AF) approaches.

Results

AF-related approaches and the approach based on alcohol-related

SUBMITTER: Trias-Llimos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5864025 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature