Table 2.
Global Burden of Alcohol-Attributable Disease in Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) (in 1,000s) by Sex and Disease Category for the Year 2004
| Disease Category | World | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | T | %M | %W | % | |
| Infectious disease | 7,057 | 1,186 | 8,243 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 10.1 |
| Maternal and perinatal conditions (low birth weight) | 64 | 55 | 119 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Cancer | 4,732 | 1,536 | 6,268 | 6.9 | 12.3 | 7.7 |
| Diabetes | 0* | 28 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Neuropsychiatric disorders | 23,265 | 3,417 | 26,682 | 33.7 | 27.3 | 32.7 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 5,985 | 939 | 6,924 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 8.5 |
| Cirrhosis of the liver | 5,502 | 1,443 | 6,945 | 8.0 | 11.5 | 8.5 |
| Unintentional injuries | 15,694 | 2,910 | 18,604 | 22.8 | 23.2 | 22.8 |
| Intentional injuries | 6,639 | 1,021 | 7,660 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 9.4 |
| Total detrimental effects attributable to alcohol | 68,938 | 12,536 | 81,474 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Diabetes | −238 | −101 | −340 | 22.2 | 8.1 | 14.6 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | −837 | −1,145 | −1,981 | 77.8 | 91.9 | 85.4 |
| Total beneficial effects attributable to alcohol | −1,075 | −1,246 | −2,321 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| All alcohol-attributable net DALYs | 67,863 | 11,290 | 79,153 | |||
| All DALYs | 799,536 | 730,631 | 1,530,168 | |||
| Percentage of all net DALYs attributable to alcohol | 8.5% | 1.5% | 5.2% | |||
| For comparison without infectious disease | 7.6% | 1.4% | 4.6% | |||
NOTE: M = men; W = women; T = total.
*
Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand. Zero (0) indicates that fewer than 500 alcohol-attributable DALYs in the disease category.
SOURCE: Rehm et al. 2009a,b.