Per capita alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis mortality in 14 European countries

Addiction ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 96 (1s1) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats Ramstedt
2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillips Cutright ◽  
Robert M. Fernquist

Regression models of cross-national differences in social and economic predictors of per capita alcohol consumption and gender-specific cirrhosis mortality rates are developed for 13 European countries, first using 1970–1984 (period 1) data and then replicating with 1995–2007 (period 2) data. Regression analysis finds that stronger alcohol control policy laws and income inequality are highly significant predictors of consumption in both periods. Further, results show that alcohol consumption is a significant predictor of male mortality rates in both periods, while it is significant only in the second period for female cirrhosis mortality rates. Psychological well-being is a significant predictor for male and female cirrhosis mortality rates in both periods.


2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bentzen ◽  
Valdemar Smith

AbstractEmpirical evidence gives support to a close association between liver cirrhosis mortality and the intake of alcohol. The present analysis draws on a panel data set for sixteen European countries from 1970–2006 where both alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis seem best described as trend-stationary variables. Consequently, a flexible non-linear functional form with country fixed effects including linear trends is applied in the analysis. It is argued that fewer restrictions on the relationship between liver cirrhosis mortality and alcohol consumption are appropriate for empirical modeling. The conclusion is that the total level of alcohol consumption as well as the specific beverages – beer, wine and spirits – contribute to liver cirrhosis mortality, but the present study also reveals that addressing the question of panel unit roots directly and in this case subsequently applying a trend-stationary modeling methodology reduces the estimates of the impacts from alcohol consumption to liver cirrhosis. Finally, more restrictive alcohol policies seem to have influenced the country-specific development in cirrhosis mortality positively. (JEL Classification: 110)


1980 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ole-Jørgen Skog

Both survey data and liver cirrhosis mortality data demonstrate the existence of a relationship between per capita consumption of alcohol and the prevalence of heavy alcohol use. The present paper reviews some of the explanations given for this relationship, and the so-called “contagion between persons” explanation is further developed. The empirical evidence for the basic assumptions of this theory is reviewed, and some predictions are derived and related to empirical facts.


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