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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
The use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs entails considerable burden of disease: in 2000, about 4% of the global burden as measured in disability adjusted life years was attributable to each alcohol and tobacco, and 0.8% to illicit drugs. The burden of alcohol in the above statistic was calculated as net burden, i.e. incorporating the protective health effects. Tobacco use was found to be the most important of 25 risk factors for developed countries in the comparative risk assessment underlying the data. It had the highest mortality risk of all the substance use categories, especially for the elderly. Alcohol use was also important in developed countries, but constituted the most important of all risk factors in emerging economies. Alcohol use affected younger people than tobacco, both in terms of disability and mortality. The burden of disease attributable to the use of legal substances clearly outweighed the use of illegal drugs. A large part of the substance-attributable burden would be avoidable if known effective interventions were implemented.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0959-5236
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
503-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Age Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Cost of Illness, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Developed Countries, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Developing Countries, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Disabled Persons, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Health Status, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Life Expectancy, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Mental Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Mental Health Services, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Sex Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Street Drugs, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Substance-Related Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-Tobacco Use Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:17132570-World Health
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Global burden of disease from alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. jtrehm@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review