Increases of 2.5-fold seen for women, 2.4-fold for Asians and Pacific Islanders, 2.5-fold in the Midwest<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter<\/b>
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MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — From 1999 to 2020, there was a significant approximately twofold increase in alcohol-related mortality in the United States, according to a study published online Nov. 10 in The American Journal of Medicine<\/em>.<\/p>\n Alexandra Matarazzo, from the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, and colleagues explored trends in alcohol-related mortality from 1999 to 2020 overall and by age, gender, race, and region using publicly available data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research.<\/p>\n The researchers identified 19,356 alcohol-related deaths in 1999, for a mortality rate of 10.7 per 100,000. By 2020, this number increased to 48,870 alcohol-related deaths or 21.6 per 100,000. The mortality rate ratio was significantly increased by about twofold. Significant increases were seen in all 10-year age groups, with those aged 25 to 34 years having the largest increase (3.8-fold). Increases of 2.5-fold were seen for women, 2.4-fold for Asians and Pacific Islanders, and 2.5-fold for the Midwest region.<\/p>\n “These data demonstrate significant twofold increasing trends in U.S. mortality from deaths in alcohol-related mortality from 1999 to 2020,” the authors write. “They [create] significant clinical and public health challenges as well as the need for further research.”<\/p>\n One author disclosed ties to Amgen and UBC.<\/p>\n Abstract\/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required)<\/a><\/p>\n