Table 16: Global burden of disease in 2000 attributable to alcohol according to major disease categories (DALYs in 000s)
| Disease or Injury |
Female |
Male |
Total |
% of all alcohol-attributable DALYs |
| Conditions arising during the perinatal period |
55 |
68 |
123 |
0% |
| Malignant neoplasm |
1021 |
3180 |
4201 |
7% |
| Neuro-psychiatric conditions |
3814 |
18 090 |
21 904 |
38% |
| Cardiovascular diseases |
-428 |
4411 |
3983 |
7% |
| Other noncommunicable diseases (diabetes, liver cirrhosis) |
860 |
3695 |
4555 |
8% |
| Unintentional injuries |
2487 |
14 008 |
16 495 |
28% |
| Intentional injuries |
1117 |
5945 |
7062 |
12% |
| Alcohol-related disease burden all causes (DALYs) |
8926 |
49 397 |
58 323 |
100% |
| All DALYs |
693 911 |
761 562 |
1 455 473 |
|
| % of all DALYs that can be attributable to alcohol |
1.3% |
6.5% |
4.0% |
In comparison: estimate for 1990: 3.5% |
Source: Rehm et al. (2003d)
Source: WHO
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.51
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Table 13: Relative risks for beneficial alcohol-related health effects for different drinking categories (compared to abstainers)
Table 15: Attributable fractions of acute alcohol-related health effects in the adult general population
Table 16: Global burden of disease in 2000 attributable to alcohol according to major disease categories (DALYs in 000s)
Table 17: Burden of disease in 2000 attributable to tobacco, alcohol and drugs by developing status and sex
Table 18: Characteristics of adult alcohol consumption in different regions of the world 2000 (population weighted averages)
Table 19: Alcohol-related harm in different regions of the world (population weighted averages), DALYs (000s)
Table 20: Selected population alcohol-attributable fractions, by disease category, sex and level of development (% DALYs for each cause) in 2000
Table 21: Standardized mortality rates (per 100 000) for acute and chronic disease and injury, by WHO regional subgroupings (data shown is for most recent year available)
Table 21 [bis]: Social and economic costs of alcohol abuse for selected countries
Figure 3: Population weighted means of the recorded adult per capita consumption in the WHO Regions 1961-1999
Figure 4: Model of alcohol consumption, mediating variables, and short-term and longterm consequences
Figure 5: Global disease burden (in DALYs) in 2001 from alcohol use disorders, by age group and sex
Figure 6: Global deaths in 2001 from alcohol use disorders, by age group and sex
Footnote on the meaning of "adults"
Table 3: Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+)
Table 5: Estimated volume of unrecorded consumption in litres of pure alcohol per capita for population older than 15 for the years after 1995
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