[The social economical losses because of mortality due to alcohol-associated causes]

The evaluation of social economic losses based on the analysis of mortality of alcohol-associated causes in the Republic of Buryatia was carried out. It is established that in the Republic in 1993-2017 the average mortality due to alcohol-associated causes made up to 3.52% of total population mortality. This indicator is significantly higher among died individuals of able-bodied age, reaching 6.98±0.11% in this cohort. The economic damage due to direct alcohol-associated causes of death of individuals of able-bodied age made up to 4,123.9 million rubles, including 2038.3 million rubles in male population and 319.3 million rubles in female population, considering employment of analyzed population cohort. The social and economic damage due to population premature mortality in the Republic of Buryatia and directly related to alcohol consumption was calculated on the basis of potential demography principle. In average, the annual social losses made up to 80,248.37 man-years not survived till the end of able-bodied age. In total, the concomitant economic losses for the mentioned above period made up to 4.1 billion rubles. The obtained data testify both high level of alcoholization of population of the Republic of Buryatia and necessity of the activation of activities targeted to primary prevention.