Morbidity and mortality in liver diseases in Sweden 1969-2001 in relation to alcohol consumption

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Knut StokkelandRolf Hultcrantz

Abstract

In Sweden, there is stable or slightly increased total alcohol consumption but a decrease in mortality in liver disease. The aim of the study was to determine the temporal relation between alcohol-related liver disease morbidity and mortality and type of alcohol beverage consumption. Data on patients with liver disease from the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register and from the Causes of Death Register between 1969 and 2001 were analysed. Data on the registered sales of the different beverages were taken from the Swedish State Monopoly. Liver disease mortality increased from 1969 to 1976, coinciding with the increase in sales of spirits. Both mortality and spirits sales decreased thereafter, whereas there was no decrease in beer or wine sales. Hospitalization rates were reduced after 1987. Depending on age and gender, there was a 30-80% 5-year mortality rate following discharge. Among men, but not among women, differences in the alcohol and non-alcohol-related liver diagnoses in the Hospital Discharge Register and in the Cause of Death Register were sometimes recorded in the same patient. There was a reduction in hospitalization rates and mortality in liver diseases, and the reduction in mortality in liver diseases in Sweden from...Continue Reading

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Nov 20, 2012·Alcohol and Alcoholism : International Journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism·Knut StokkelandOlof Stephansson
Apr 18, 2015·Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology·Einar S Björnsson, Anders Ekbom
Feb 15, 2015·Alcohol and Alcoholism : International Journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism·Thomas DeleuranPeter Jepsen
May 18, 2016·Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology·Perttu SahlmanMartti Färkkilä
Aug 22, 2016·The European Journal of Health Economics : HEPAC : Health Economics in Prevention and Care·Tobias EffertzRoland Linder
May 14, 2009·Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology·Steingerdur Anna GunnarsdottirEinar Björnsson
Apr 7, 2007·Current Opinion in Gastroenterology·Adrian Reuben
Aug 26, 2010·Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research·Knut StokkelandAnders Ekbom
Apr 12, 2019·Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics·Stephen E RobertsJohn G Williams
May 18, 2020·Clinical Medicine : Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London·Yazan HaddadinSumita Verma
Apr 14, 2010·Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology·Lóa DavídsdóttirRolf Hultcrantz

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