An Assessment of Mortality among Elderly Brazilians from Alcohol Abuse Diseases: A Longitudinal Study from 1996 to 2019

João de Sousa Pinheiro Barbosa; Leonardo Costa Pereira; Fabiana Xavier Cartaxo Salgado; Rodrigo Marques da Silva; Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski

doi:10.3390/ijerph192013467

An Assessment of Mortality among Elderly Brazilians from Alcohol Abuse Diseases: A Longitudinal Study from 1996 to 2019

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 18;19(20):13467. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013467.

Authors

João de Sousa Pinheiro Barbosa^{1

2}, Leonardo Costa Pereira³, Fabiana Xavier Cartaxo Salgado², Rodrigo Marques da Silva², Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski¹

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Program in Health Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Ceilândia, University of Brasilia, Metropolitan Center, Brasilia 72220-275, Brazil.
² Faculty of Education and Health Sciences-FACES-Medicine Course, University Center of Brasília-UniCEUB, 707/907, Asa Norte, Brasilia 70790-075, Brazil.
³ Faculty of Health, Euroamerican University Center-UniEURO, Avenida das Nações, Trecho 0, Conjunto 05, Asa Sul, Brasilia 70200-001, Brazil.

Abstract

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a worldwide public health problem, being an important aggravating factor of comorbidities found in the elderly, with the potential to increase mortality indicators for this age group.

Objective: To analyze alcohol-induced deaths in elderly people with alcohol-related disorder in Brazil between 1996 and 2019.

Methods: An ecological study was conducted with secondary data obtained from the Brazilian Unified Health System (SIM) Mortality Information System from 1996 to 2019. TabNet/DATASUS, Excel^® 2016 and SPSS 21^® were used to prepare the results.

Results: Between 1996 and 2019, 85,928 alcohol-induced deaths were recorded among the elderly (>60 years); in 1996, the lowest number of deaths was recorded (n = 1396), and in 2018, there were the highest number of deaths (n = 5667). In the profile of the elderly, there was a predominance of men (88%). Mortality from AUD was due to alcoholic liver disease (62.2%), followed by mental disorders due to alcohol use (37.3%).

Conclusions: Coping with AUD is a public health problem that aims to reduce the number of deaths from diseases, conditions and injuries in which alcohol consumption is the causative agent, in addition to preventing deaths to which alcohol contributes.

Keywords: alcohol-related disorders; alcoholism; elderly; mortality records.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Alcohol Drinking
Alcohol-Related Disorders*
Alcoholism* / epidemiology
Alcohols
Brazil / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male

Substances

Alcohols

Grants and funding

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)-Finance Code 001, and DPI/DGP—University of Brasilia (Edital 01/2022). The research was supported by the University of Brasilia through a scholarship from the University of Aging (Universidade do Envelhecer in Portuguese) of the University of Brasilia—UniSER/UnB, without any conflict of interest.