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Trends in alcohol-related mortality in East and West Germany, 1980-2014: age, period and cohort variations
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Public Health Sciences. FT Institut für Therapieforschung, Germany; Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7282-0217
Number of Authors: 22018 (English)In: Addiction, ISSN 0965-2140, E-ISSN 1360-0443, Vol. 113, no 5, p. 836-844Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Background and aims Several indicators suggest that the extent and trends of alcohol-related mortality differ between East and West Germany. Regional drinking patterns and differences in health-care systems are assumed to affect the risk of dying from an alcohol-induced disease. The study addresses two questions: (1) what are the unbiased and independent age, period and cohort effects on alcohol-related mortality trends in Germany; and (2) do these trends differ between East and West Germany? Methods Data on alcohol-related mortality for East and West Germany came from the national causes of death register for the years 1980-2014. Analyses included all deaths fully attributable to alcohol based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9 and ICD-10). Gender-stratified age-period-cohort analyses were conducted using the intrinsic estimator model. Results Age effects showed a concave pattern with a peak at ages 55-64years in both regions. Incidence rate ratios (IRR) in East Germany were highest in the years 1990-1994 (men and women: IRR=1.52) and declined thereafter. In West Germany, IRR were lowest in 1980-1984 (men: IRR=0.81, women: IRR=0.75) and stabilized at approximately 1.10 since 1995-1999. Cohort effects showed continuously lower IRR for those born after 1955-1959 in the East and those born after 1945-1949 in the West. Patterns for males and females were comparable. Conclusions The results suggest that alcohol-related mortality showed different trends in East and West Germany, which can be explained partly by different drinking patterns before and changes in the health-care system after the reunification.

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2018. Vol. 113, no 5, p. 836-844
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Age-period-cohort analysis, alcohol-related mortality, East Germany, intrinsic estimator, trends, West Germany
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-155883DOI: 10.1111/add.14152ISI: 000429695200011PubMedID: 29318691OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-155883DiVA, id: diva2:1202977
Available from: 2018-05-02 Created: 2018-05-02 Last updated: 2022-02-26Bibliographically approved

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