Burden of diseases and injuries attributable to alcohol consumption in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990-2019.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol consumption is associated with a number of diseases and injuries, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, mental and neurological disorders, as well as transport-related injuries. This article reports the alcohol-attributable burden of diseases and injuries at the regional and national levels in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region between 1990 and 2019, by sex, age, underlying cause, and Socio-demographic Index (SDI). The regional deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) attributable to alcohol consumption were reported for the MENA region, between 1990 and 2019, using the methodological framework and analytical strategies adopted by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2019. The estimates were all reported as counts, population-attributable fractions, a

SUBMITTER: Safiri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652338 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature