Alcohol, Gender, Culture, And Harms In The Americas

Resumen del Libro

Alcohol is a major risk factor for mortality and morbidity in the Americas. Overall in the Americas, alcohol consumption levels are higher than the global average while abstention rates for both men and women are consistently lower. In terms of the burden of disease, alcohol caused approximately 323,000 deaths, 6.5 million years of life lost, and 14.6 million disability-adjusted life-years in the region of the Americas, encompassing both acute and chronic disease outcomes from newborns to the elderly in the year 2002. Men have higher levels of all alcohol-attriibutable burdens of disease compared to women, which can be attributed mainly to their alcohol consumption profile, both in terms of higher total volume and more harmful patterns of drinking, including heavy episodic drinking. –p. 7.