Table 1.

Alcohol use disorder and associated mortality in Denmark, Finland and Sweden from 1987 to 2006

Study period	Denmark				Finland				Sweden
	1987–1991	1992–1996	1997–2001	2002–2006	1987–1991	1992–1996	1997–2001	2002–2006	1987–1991	1992–1996	1997–2001	2002–2006
Men
People with AUD
No. of people	32 368	29 818	31 646	39 163	27 845	32 232	41 748	40 489	51 411	49 097	43 715	46 840
No. of deaths	4866	5042	5041	6997	3229	3465	5355	5458	7338	6705	5497	6313
Person-years	84 192	76 142	75 011	93 981	63 452	67 223	95 952	90 994	143 990	134 416	114 017	119 116
Mortality per 100 000 person-years	5780	6622	6720	7445	5082	5154	5581	5998	5096	4988	4821	5300
Standardized mortality per 100 000 person-years	7591	8142	7838	7720	6327	6476	6196	6067	5855	5459	5245	5119
General population
Standardized mortality per 100 000 person-years	1888	1867	1704	1576	1977	2011	2045	2009	1660	1524	1413	1294
Women
People with AUD
No. of people	13 542	13 168	14 188	17 658	5428	7446	12 235	12 999	14 366	14 978	16 939	19 926
No. of deaths	1673	1827	1804	2579	435	523	976	1128	1305	1331	1327	1585
Person-years	36 070	33 464	35 090	43 735	12 098	14 844	28 136	29 502	39 488	39 879	43 150	49 649
Mortality per 100 000 person-years	4638	5460	5141	5897	3596	3523	3469	3824	3305	3338	3075	3192
Standardized mortality per 100 000 person-years	5379	5764	5249	5746	4614	4381	4152	4134	4352	4040	3788	3779
General population
Standardized mortality per 100 000 person-years	1223	1242	1164	1097	1162	1197	1190	1142	1046	979	934	891

AUD, alcohol use disorder.