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. 2013 Apr 4;48(5):605–612. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agt031

Table 2.

Total alcohol sales and cirrhosis mortality rates for 1960, 1975 and 1990, stratified by Black–White mortality differential

States with historically high-Black–White cirrhosis mortality differential
States with historically low-Black–White cirrhosis mortality differential
State Year Total alcohol sales Cirrhosis mortality rates
State Year Total alcohol sales Cirrhosis Mortality Rates
White males Black males White females Black females White males Black males White females Black females
Connecticut 1960 10.3764 27.78 11.82 13.48 31.97 Alabama 1960 3.1992 14.72 14.67 5.91 5.62
1975 10.6334 28.49 45.63 11.41 21.36 1975 7.4424 17.80 17.22 8.69 10.55
1990 8.9372 17.51 24.64 8.11 12.14 1990 7.3134 17.60 27.40 9.39 14.22
Delaware 1960 9.9347 33.98 36.50 9.18 10.42 Arkansas 1960 3.6487 13.46 9.46 5.77 6.50
1975 11.5765 26.32 75.48 19.96 31.37 1975 6.5266 17.54 20.94 6.00 9.41
1990 10.7819 19.99 17.33 9.37 12.48 1990 6.9881 15.90 22.63 4.86 10.58
District of Columbia 1960 20.4727 41.05 35.44 22.00 36.85 Georgia 1960 3.5659 15.63 13.50 7.65 7.45
1975 22.5130 64.30 139.35 26.22 68.58 1975 8.8746 23.40 25.78 11.33 19.15
1990 15.3720 22.26 87.23 12.02 32.91 1990 8.7022 17.10 23.14 8.02 11.29
Illinois 1960 9.3919 28.54 21.91 10.99 16.95 Kentucky 1960 5.8027 16.61 13.82 6.19 9.98
1975 11.6435 28.24 56.52 10.80 22.63 1975 7.8718 22.44 36.56 8.85 11.90
1990 9.6870 20.11 45.29 8.09 18.93 1990 6.9081 16.69 17.42 6.72 10.10
Maryland 1960 9.7761 24.94 18.78 10.03 13.46 Louisiana 1960 8.0980 23.20 14.60 6.91 7.26
1975 12.3336 30.06 44.03 12.03 19.91 1975 10.0151 23.10 30.08 9.74 10.79
1990 9.2463 15.12 25.66 6.18 9.76 1990 9.6503 15.74 22.40 8.10 9.02
Michigan 1960 9.1248 23.75 14.67 10.19 12.90 Massachusetts 1960 8.9646 31.60 32.88 14.18 16.09
1975 10.9562 31.80 79.63 14.14 37.66 1975 12.0614 35.74 25.68 14.24 18.93
1990 8.9931 19.50 51.06 9.42 20.03 1990 9.4819 21.45 18.01 9.00 12.40
Missouri 1960 7.5867 20.58 24.94 7.25 16.58 Mississippi 1960 1.5024 10.93 5.64 5.42 5.22
1975 9.2292 19.92 36.23 7.72 17.86 1975 7.8068 14.98 14.54 6.52 3.53
1990 8.5868 13.36 22.05 6.11 15.70 1990 8.0428 15.49 21.50 6.92 5.79
New Jersey 1960 10.5188 27.64 22.75 12.84 15.01 South Carolina 1960 4.2323 13.32 5.83 4.40 3.52
1975 10.9974 29.41 47.85 13.45 24.46 1975 9.2181 26.75 22.30 8.61 14.81
1990 9.5024 19.91 33.02 8.83 17.41 1990 9.8558 17.63 32.09 8.03 11.79
New York 1960 10.1244 32.09 73.12 13.39 28.32 Tennessee 1960 3.7977 12.63 6.73 5.78 4.37
1975 11.3481 36.18 115.43 13.75 37.95 1975 7.5976 18.36 29.10 7.44 13.22
1990 8.5368 21.13 34.80 8.20 12.78 1990 7.4197 17.89 31.84 7.76 12.56
North Carolina 1960 4.0044 15.36 7.84 6.37 5.65 Texas 1960 6.5513 16.23 14.01 9.23 7.96
1975 8.1125 25.86 37.92 11.12 25.50 1975 10.1785 23.83 26.98 10.84 10.93
1990 7.8878 18.08 35.44 7.58 14.46 1990 9.3666 20.84 21.08 9.05 9.01
Ohio 1960 8.1339 24.98 26.55 10.45 16.05 Virginia 1960 6.9861 18.29 15.30 7.36 7.06
1975 8.8914 25.54 51.43 10.03 25.63 1975 9.2235 26.96 26.33 12.32 15.87
1990 7.7575 16.20 29.23 6.90 13.33 1990 8.1068 15.44 22.47 6.37 12.96
Pennsylvania 1960 8.1361 23.57 16.78 8.91 10.60
1975 9.4076 26.95 43.83 9.57 24.68
1990 8.1661 17.09 30.50 6.97 15.06
West Virginia 1960 5.0265 18.09 3.53 5.86 15.90
1975 7.2741 27.30 33.70 9.35 34.74
1990 6.5721 17.79 61.46 5.98 11.35