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Alcohol-attributed disease burden in four Nordic countries between 2000 and 2017: Are the gender gaps narrowing? A comparison using the Global Burden of Disease, Injury and Risk Factor 2017 study

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  • Emilie E Agardh, Karolinska Institutet
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  • Peter Allebeck, Karolinska Institutet
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  • Pär Flodin, Karolinska Institutet
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  • Peter Wennberg, Stockholm University
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  • Mats Ramstedt, Karolinska Institutet
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  • Ann Kristin Knudsen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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  • Simon Øverland, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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  • Jonas Minet Kinge, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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  • Mette C Tollånes, University Hospital of North Norway
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  • Terje A Eikemo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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  • Jens Christoffer Skogen, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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  • Pia Mäkelä, National Institute for Health and Welfare
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  • Mika Gissler, National Institute for Health and Welfare
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  • Knud Juel, Syddansk Universitet
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  • Kim Moesgaard Iburg
  • John J McGrath
  • Mohsen Naghavi, University of Washington
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  • Stein Emil Vollset, University of Washington
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  • Emmanuela Gakidou, University of Washington
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  • Anna-Karin Danielsson, Karolinska Institutet

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: The gender difference in alcohol use seems to have narrowed in the Nordic countries, but it is not clear to what extent this may have affected differences in levels of harm. We compared gender differences in all-cause and cause-specific alcohol-attributed disease burden, as measured by disability-adjusted life-years (DALY), in four Nordic countries in 2000-2017, to find out if gender gaps in DALYs had narrowed.

DESIGN AND METHODS: Alcohol-attributed disease burden by DALYs per 100 000 population with 95% uncertainty intervals were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease database.

RESULTS: In 2017, all-cause DALYs in males varied between 2531 in Finland and 976 in Norway, and in females between 620 in Denmark and 270 in Norway. Finland had the largest gender differences and Norway the smallest, closely followed by Sweden. During 2000-2017, absolute gender differences in all-cause DALYs declined by 31% in Denmark, 26% in Finland, 19% in Sweden and 18% in Norway. In Finland, this was driven by a larger relative decline in males than females; in Norway, it was due to increased burden in females. In Denmark, the burden in females declined slightly more than in males, in relative terms, while in Sweden the relative decline was similar in males and females.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The gender gaps in harm narrowed to a different extent in the Nordic countries, with the differences driven by different conditions. Findings are informative about how inequality, policy and sociocultural differences affect levels of harm by gender.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftDrug and Alcohol Review
Vol/bind40
Nummer3
Sider (fra-til)431-442
Antal sider12
ISSN0959-5236
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StatusUdgivet - mar. 2021

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© 2020 The Authors. Drug and Alcohol Review published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.

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