Assessing the contribution of alcohol‐specific causes to socio‐economic inequalities in mortality in England and Wales 2001–16.
Background and Aims: When measuring inequalities in health, public health and addiction research has tended to focus on differences in average life‐span between socio‐economic groups. This does not account for the extent to which age of death varies between individuals within socio‐economic groups o...
| Publicado en: | Addiction Vol. 115; no. 12; pp. 2268 - 2280 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=146927201&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 146927201 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09652140 AIO jtl: Addiction issn: 09652140 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2020 vid: 115 iid: 12 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 146927201 146927201 146927201 10.1111/add.15037 146927201 ppf: 2268 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Assessing the contribution of alcohol‐specific causes to socio‐economic inequalities in mortality in England and Wales 2001–16. aug: au: Angus, Colin Pryce, Rob Holmes, John Vocht, Frank Hickman, Matthew Meier, Petra Brennan, Alan Gillespie, Duncan affil: Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK sug: subj: Alcoholism Complications Socioeconomic Factors Death Psychosocial Factors Death Psychosocial Factors Life Expectancy Psychosocial Factors Human England Wales Demography Descriptive Statistics ab: Background and Aims: When measuring inequalities in health, public health and addiction research has tended to focus on differences in average life‐span between socio‐economic groups. This does not account for the extent to which age of death varies between individuals within socio‐economic groups or whether this variation differs between groups. This study assesses (1) socio‐economic inequalities in both average life‐span and variation in age at death, (2) the extent to which these inequalities can be attributed to alcohol‐specific causes (i.e. those attributable only to alcohol) and (3) how this contribution has changed over time. Design Cause‐deleted life table analysis of national mortality records. Setting: England and Wales, 2001–16. Cases All‐cause and alcohol‐specific deaths for all adults aged 18+, stratified by sex, age and quintiles of the index of multiple deprivation (IMD). Measurements Life expectancy at age 18 yearss and standard deviation in age at death within IMD quintiles and the contribution of alcohol to overall differences in both measures between the highest and lowest IMD quintiles by comparing observed and cause‐deleted inequality 'gaps'. Findings In 2016, alcohol‐specific causes reduced life expectancy for men and women by 0.26 and 0.14 years, respectively, and increased the standard deviation in age at death. These causes also increased the inequality gap in life expectancy by 0.33 years for men and 0.17 years for women, and variation in age at death by 0.14 years and 0.13 years, respectively. For both measures, the contribution of alcohol to mortality inequalities rose after 2001 and subsequently fell back. For women, alcohol accounted for 3.6% of inequality in age at death and 6.0% of life‐span uncertainty, suggesting that using only the former may underestimate alcohol‐induced inequalities. There was no comparable difference for men. Conclusions: Deaths from alcohol‐specific causes increase inequalities in both life expectancy and variation in age of death between socio‐economic groups. Using both measures can provide a fuller picture of overall inequalities in health. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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