Alcohol-Related Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Aaron M White; I-Jen P Castle; Patricia A Powell; Ralph W Hingson; George F Koob

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.4308

Alcohol-Related Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA. 2022 May 3;327(17):1704-1706. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.4308.

Authors

Aaron M White¹, I-Jen P Castle¹, Patricia A Powell¹, Ralph W Hingson¹, George F Koob¹

Affiliation

¹ National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland.

Abstract

This study uses mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics to assess whether alcohol-related deaths increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

Alcohol-Related Disorders* / epidemiology
Alcohol-Related Disorders* / mortality
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Humans
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2