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The Impact of Per Capita Consumption on Swedish Cirrhosis Mortality
Author(s) -
Norström Thor
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1987.tb01439.x
Subject(s) - per capita , danish , consumption (sociology) , cirrhosis , demography , distributed lag , economics , demographic economics , econometrics , medicine , population , linguistics , philosophy , social science , sociology
Summary On the basis of Swedish data for the period 1931–80 the impact of per capita consumption on male cirrhosis mortality is estimated. The lag structure which is specified takes the short‐term as well as the long‐term effect into consideration. According to the findings, a one litre increase in per capita consumption leads to an increase in male mortality from cirrhosis of about 60% when enough time has passed for the total effect to have been established. This estimate appears to be quite large, e.g. it is approximately five times greater than one which was estimated from Danish data. The discrepancy will be a subject for further research.