Future alcohol-attributable mortality in France using a novel generalizable age-period-cohort projection methodology
Trias Llimós, Sergi (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Bardoutsos, Anastasios (University of Groningen)
Janssen, Fanny (University of Groningen)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	Aim. - To forecast age- and sex-specific alcohol-attributable mortality in France for the period 2015-2050 using a novel generalizable methodology that includes different scenarios regarding period and cohort change. Methods. - For the French national population aged 25-90 years (1979-2014), we estimated alcohol-attributable mortality by mortality from the main causes of death wholly attributable to alcohol, plus liver cirrhosis mortality. We modelled sex-specific alcohol-attributable mortality by adjusting for age, period and birth cohort. We forecasted the model parameters to obtain future age- and sex-specific alcohol-attributable mortality up until 2050 using a conventional baseline, scenario I (favourable period change) and scenario II (unfavourable cohort change). Results. - Alcohol-attributable mortality is clearly declining in France, with the decline decelerating from 1992 onwards. In 2014, the age-standardized alcohol-attributable mortality rates, in deaths per 100,000, were 34. 7 among men and 9. 9 among women. In 2050, the estimated rates are between 10. 5 (prediction interval: 7. 6-14. 4; scenario I) and 17. 6 (13. 1-23. 7; scenario II) among men, and between 1. 1 (0. 7-1. 7; scenario I) and 1. 8 (1. 2-2. 9; scenario II) among women; which implies declines of 58% for men and 84% for women (baseline). Conclusion. - Alcohol-attributable mortality in France is expected to further decline in the coming decades, accompanied by age pattern changes. However, France's levels are not expected to reach the current lower levels in Italy and Spain for 15 years or more. Our results point to the value of implementing preventive policy measures that discourage alcohol consumption among people of all ages, but especially among adolescents.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Ethanol ; Alcohol drinking ; Mortality
Published in:	Alcohol and alcoholism, 21 October 2020, ISSN 0735-0414

DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agaa107
PMID: 33089307

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