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Recent International Reductions and Increases in Liver Cirrhosis Deaths
Author(s) -
Smart Reginald G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1988.tb00187.x
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , medicine , gastroenterology , general surgery
This paper examines changes in liver cirrhosis death rates in 29 countries between 1974 and 1983 or the latest year available. Seven countries show a decline in death rates, six an increase, and the mining 17 show no clear significant trends. Changes were more common among countries with high rates of alcohol consumption and high rates of liver cirrhosis deaths. Limited evidence for a widespread amelioration in liver cirrhosis seems to exist.