- Titel
- Increased alcohol-specific mortality in Germany during COVID-19
- Untertitel
- state-level trends from 2010 to 2020
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-896661
- Quellenangabe
- Drug and alcohol review
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Jahrgang: 42
Heft: 3
Seiten: 633-640
E-ISSN: 1465-3362 - Erstveröffentlichung
- 2022
- Abstract (EN)
- Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic may have led to an increase in the alcohol-specific mortality. Against this backdrop, the aim of this report is to explore alcohol-specific mortality trends in Germany of the years 2010 to 2020. Method Alcohol-specific mortality data aggregated by sex, 5-year age groups and state were collected from the annual cause-of-death statistics and analysed descriptively by visual inspection. Results The overall alcohol-specific mortality rate (age-standardised) has mainly decreased between 2010 and 2020. However, increased alcohol-specific mortality rates for the year 2020 compared to 2019 were found for both, women (+4.8%) and men (+5.5%), particularly in age groups between 40 and 69 years. Changes in alcohol-specific mortality rates differed between federated states, with steeper increases in East Germany. Discussion and Conclusions Different mechanisms related to the increase in alcohol consumption, particularly among high-risk drinkers, and reduced resources in health care may have led to an increase in alcohol-specific mortality in Germany in 2020. Despite the recent decline in the alcohol-specific mortality in Germany, an increase in the death toll was observed in 2020.
- Andere Ausgabe
- Link zum Artikel der zuerst in der Zeitschrift „Drug and alcohol review” bei Wiley erschienen ist.
DOI: 10.1111/dar.13573 - Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Alkohol, alkoholspezifische Sterblichkeit, COVID-19, Deutschland, Pandemie
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- alcohol, alcohol-specific mortality, COVID-19, Germany, pandemic
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 610
- Verlag
- Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon
- Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- publizierte Version / Verlagsversion
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-896661
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 26.02.2024
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis
CC BY 4.0