Alcoholic Liver Disease-Related Mortality in the United States: 1980–2003
| Autor: | Helga Paula, Sumeet K. Asrani, Nicholas C. Boetticher, Rachel A. Pedersen, W. Ray Kim, Vijay H. Shah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Gerontology endocrine system congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Alcoholic liver disease medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases MEDLINE Alcoholic hepatitis Article International Classification of Diseases Cause of Death Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans Liver Diseases Alcoholic Aged Cause of death Hepatology Extramural business.industry Gastroenterology nutritional and metabolic diseases Hepatitis C Middle Aged medicine.disease United States Vital Statistics Female business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Gastroenterology. 105:1782-1787 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9270 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ajg.2010.46 |
| Popis: | Data on temporal changes in alcoholic liver disease (ALD)-related mortality in the United States are lacking. This longitudinal assessment is important, given the divergent data on trends in worldwide ALD-related mortality, concerns for underestimation of mortality attributed to ALD in previous investigations, and shifting attention to hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related mortality.We analyzed mortality data compiled in the multiple cause-of-death public-use data file from the National Vital Statistics System from 1980 to 2003 using categorization by both International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 and ICD-10 systems. The main outcome measure was age- and sex-adjusted death rates attributable to ALD, HCV, or both (ALD/HCV) listed as immediate or underlying cause of death.A total of 287,365 deaths were observed over the 24-year period. Age- and sex- adjusted incidence rates of ALD-related deaths decreased from 6.9/100,000 persons in 1980 to 4.4/100,000 persons by 2003. After introduction of HCV diagnostic testing, HCV-related liver mortality increased to 2.9/100,000 persons by 2003. Death rates for subjects with concomitant ALD/HCV rose to 0.2/100,000 persons by 1999 and then remained unchanged through 2003. Age-specific mortality related to ALD was highest in the ages of 45-64 years. Between 1980 and 2003, the age- and sex-adjusted ALD-related mortality (per 100,000 persons) decreased from 6.3 to 4.5 among Caucasians, 11.6 to 4.1 among African Americans, and 8.0 to 3.7 among the "other" race group.Despite a decline in ALD-related mortality, the proportion of alcohol-related liver deaths is still considerably large and comparable in scope to that of HCV. |
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