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Tobacco- and alcohol-attributable mortality and years of potential life lost in Germany
1Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Medical Faculty, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Germany. ujohn@uni-greifswald.de
Aim:
To compare the ages of death caused by tobacco smoking and alcohol risk drinking.
Methods:
Smoking rates from the largest population survey, alcohol drinking data from the National Health Survey and data from the vital statistics from Germany are used and attributable fractions computed.
Results:
Alcohol-attributable deaths occurred at the youngest age, followed by tobacco- plus alcohol-attributable cases, whereas death cases attributable to tobacco smoking only occur latest.
Conclusion:
The overlap in the two substance-use behaviours has to be taken into account when considering attributable mortality data.
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