The impact of alcohol taxation increase on all-cause mortality inequalities in Lithuania: an interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Taxation increases which reduce the affordability of alcohol are expected to reduce mortality inequalities. A recent taxation increase in Lithuania offers the unique possibility to test this hypothesis.

Methods

Census-linked mortality data between 2011 and 2019 were used to calculate monthly sex- and education-stratified age-standardized mortality rates for the population aged 40 to 70 years. As primary outcome, we analysed the difference in age-standardized all-cause mortality rates between the population of lowest versus highest educational achievement. The impact of the 2017 taxation increase was evaluated using interrupted time series analyses. To identify whether changes in alcohol use can explain the observed effects on all-cause mortality, the education-bas

SUBMITTER: Manthey J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9841962 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature