Temporal Trend in the U.S. Black–White Disparity in Mortality Rates From Selected Alcohol-Related Chronic Diseases

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ID15414564
AuthorsAnthony P Polednak (0000-0003-2651-3122, Connecticut Department of Public Health, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume7
Issue2
Pages154-164
Publication date2008-06-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1533-2640 • E-ISSN: 1533-2659
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15332640802055558
PMID19042803
OpenAlexW2066290500
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

The disparities between the U.S. African American (black)-white mortality rates for liver cirrhosis are often cited in the literature, but disparities in mortality from other chronic diseases largely attributable to alcohol have received less attention. This study analyzes U.S. age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) for those 25 years old or more for a 25-year period (1979-2003) for blacks and whites by gender for certain chronic diseases entirely attributable to alcohol and for certain cancers with a large fraction attributable to alcohol. Declines in ASMRs were much larger for blacks than whites, and black-white disparities disappeared for alcoholic gastritis, as also previously reported to alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. Substantial disparities remained in 2003, at much lower ASMRs than in the past, for males for alcoholic cardiomyopathy, chronic pancreatitis, and cancers of the oral cavity-pharynx, which may reflect black-white disparities in risk factors (other than alcohol) and in medical care

Alcoholic liver disease · Cirrhosis · Mortality rate · White (mutation · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Demography · Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment · Medicine · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine

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