Alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic Countries and Poland between 2001 and 2020

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Alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic Countries and Poland between 2001 and 2020. / Vaitkevičiūtė, Justina; Gobiņa, Inese; Janik-Koncewicz, Kinga; Lange, Shannon; Miščikienė, Laura; Petkevičienė, Janina; Radišauskas, Ričardas; Reile, Rainer; Štelemėkas, Mindaugas; Stoppel, Relika; Telksnys, Tadas; Tran, Alexander; Rehm, Jürgen; Zatoński, Witold A; Jiang, Huan.

in: SCI REP-UK, Jahrgang 13, Nr. 1, 18.04.2023, S. 6326.

Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/ZeitungSCORING: ZeitschriftenaufsatzForschungBegutachtung

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Vaitkevičiūtė, J, Gobiņa, I, Janik-Koncewicz, K, Lange, S, Miščikienė, L, Petkevičienė, J, Radišauskas, R, Reile, R, Štelemėkas, M, Stoppel, R, Telksnys, T, Tran, A, Rehm, J, Zatoński, WA & Jiang, H 2023, 'Alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic Countries and Poland between 2001 and 2020', SCI REP-UK, Jg. 13, Nr. 1, S. 6326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32926-5

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Vaitkevičiūtė, J., Gobiņa, I., Janik-Koncewicz, K., Lange, S., Miščikienė, L., Petkevičienė, J., Radišauskas, R., Reile, R., Štelemėkas, M., Stoppel, R., Telksnys, T., Tran, A., Rehm, J., Zatoński, W. A., & Jiang, H. (2023). Alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic Countries and Poland between 2001 and 2020. SCI REP-UK, 13(1), 6326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32926-5

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Vaitkevičiūtė J, Gobiņa I, Janik-Koncewicz K, Lange S, Miščikienė L, Petkevičienė J et al. Alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic Countries and Poland between 2001 and 2020. SCI REP-UK. 2023 Apr 18;13(1):6326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32926-5

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title = "Alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic Countries and Poland between 2001 and 2020",
abstract = "Alcohol consumption in the Baltic countries and Poland is among the highest globally, causing high all-cause mortality rates. Contrary to Poland, the Baltic countries have adopted many alcohol control policies, including the World Health Organization (WHO) {"}best buys{"}. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of these policies, which were implemented between 2001 and 2020, on all-cause mortality. Monthly mortality data for men and women aged 20+ years of age in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland were analysed for 2001 to 2020. A total of 19 alcohol control policies, fulfilling an a-priori defined definition, were implemented between 2001 and 2020 in the countries of interest, and 18 of them could be tested. Interrupted time-series analyses were conducted by employing a generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) for men and women separately. The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate was lowest in Poland and highest in Latvia and had decreased in all countries over the time period. Taxation increases and availability restrictions had short-term effects in all countries, on average reducing the age-standardized all-cause mortality rate among men significantly (a reduction of 2.31% (95% CI 0.71%, 3.93%; p = 0.0045)). All-cause mortality rates among women were not significantly reduced (a reduction of 1.09% (95% CI - 0.02%, 2.20%; p = 0.0554)). In conclusion, the alcohol control policies implemented between 2001 and 2020 reduced all-cause mortality among men 20+ years of age in Baltic countries and Poland, and thus, the practice should be continued.",
keywords = "Male, Humans, Female, Young Adult, Adult, Poland/epidemiology, Baltic States, Latvia/epidemiology, Estonia/epidemiology, Policy, Mortality",
author = "Justina Vaitkevi{\v c}iūtė and Inese Gobiņa and Kinga Janik-Koncewicz and Shannon Lange and Laura Mi{\v s}{\v c}ikienė and Janina Petkevi{\v c}ienė and Ri{\v c}ardas Radi{\v s}auskas and Rainer Reile and Mindaugas {\v S}telemėkas and Relika Stoppel and Tadas Telksnys and Alexander Tran and J{\"u}rgen Rehm and Zato{\'n}ski, {Witold A} and Huan Jiang",
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T1 - Alcohol control policies reduce all-cause mortality in Baltic Countries and Poland between 2001 and 2020

AU - Vaitkevičiūtė, Justina

AU - Gobiņa, Inese

AU - Janik-Koncewicz, Kinga

AU - Lange, Shannon

AU - Miščikienė, Laura

AU - Petkevičienė, Janina

AU - Radišauskas, Ričardas

AU - Reile, Rainer

AU - Štelemėkas, Mindaugas

AU - Stoppel, Relika

AU - Telksnys, Tadas

AU - Tran, Alexander

AU - Rehm, Jürgen

AU - Zatoński, Witold A

AU - Jiang, Huan

N1 - © 2023. The Author(s).

PY - 2023/4/18

Y1 - 2023/4/18

N2 - Alcohol consumption in the Baltic countries and Poland is among the highest globally, causing high all-cause mortality rates. Contrary to Poland, the Baltic countries have adopted many alcohol control policies, including the World Health Organization (WHO) "best buys". The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of these policies, which were implemented between 2001 and 2020, on all-cause mortality. Monthly mortality data for men and women aged 20+ years of age in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland were analysed for 2001 to 2020. A total of 19 alcohol control policies, fulfilling an a-priori defined definition, were implemented between 2001 and 2020 in the countries of interest, and 18 of them could be tested. Interrupted time-series analyses were conducted by employing a generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) for men and women separately. The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate was lowest in Poland and highest in Latvia and had decreased in all countries over the time period. Taxation increases and availability restrictions had short-term effects in all countries, on average reducing the age-standardized all-cause mortality rate among men significantly (a reduction of 2.31% (95% CI 0.71%, 3.93%; p = 0.0045)). All-cause mortality rates among women were not significantly reduced (a reduction of 1.09% (95% CI - 0.02%, 2.20%; p = 0.0554)). In conclusion, the alcohol control policies implemented between 2001 and 2020 reduced all-cause mortality among men 20+ years of age in Baltic countries and Poland, and thus, the practice should be continued.

AB - Alcohol consumption in the Baltic countries and Poland is among the highest globally, causing high all-cause mortality rates. Contrary to Poland, the Baltic countries have adopted many alcohol control policies, including the World Health Organization (WHO) "best buys". The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of these policies, which were implemented between 2001 and 2020, on all-cause mortality. Monthly mortality data for men and women aged 20+ years of age in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland were analysed for 2001 to 2020. A total of 19 alcohol control policies, fulfilling an a-priori defined definition, were implemented between 2001 and 2020 in the countries of interest, and 18 of them could be tested. Interrupted time-series analyses were conducted by employing a generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) for men and women separately. The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate was lowest in Poland and highest in Latvia and had decreased in all countries over the time period. Taxation increases and availability restrictions had short-term effects in all countries, on average reducing the age-standardized all-cause mortality rate among men significantly (a reduction of 2.31% (95% CI 0.71%, 3.93%; p = 0.0045)). All-cause mortality rates among women were not significantly reduced (a reduction of 1.09% (95% CI - 0.02%, 2.20%; p = 0.0554)). In conclusion, the alcohol control policies implemented between 2001 and 2020 reduced all-cause mortality among men 20+ years of age in Baltic countries and Poland, and thus, the practice should be continued.

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KW - Humans

KW - Female

KW - Young Adult

KW - Adult

KW - Poland/epidemiology

KW - Baltic States

KW - Latvia/epidemiology

KW - Estonia/epidemiology

KW - Policy

KW - Mortality

U2 - 10.1038/s41598-023-32926-5

DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-32926-5

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 37072446

VL - 13

SP - 6326

JO - SCI REP-UK

JF - SCI REP-UK

SN - 2045-2322

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