Open AccessALCOHOL AND MORTALITY BY TRAUMA IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
Daniel Ion,
Georgiana Radu,
Marina Leontescu,
Dan Nicolae Păduraru,
Alexandra Bolocan,
Octavian Andronic
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
romanian journal of emergency surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2668-8085
pISSN - 2668-7453
DOI - 10.33695/rojes.v1i1.7
Subject(s) - per capita , alcohol consumption , medicine , environmental health , mortality rate , consumption (sociology) , alcohol , demography , alcohol intoxication , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , surgery , population , biology , biochemistry , social science , pathology , sociology
Alcohol consumption alters one’s consciousness and may lead to accidents and traumatic events with deadly consequences. We aimed to analyze the most recent information available in WHO databases about overall mortality rates and alcohol consumption in European countries. The parameters taken into account were the total number of deaths by trauma, alcohol consumption per capita, prevalence of heavy drinking episodes and national legal blood alcohol concentration while drinking The mortality rate by trauma is influenced by many factors and alcohol intoxication could be one of them. Our analysis shows a moderate correlation between overall alchool consumption and death by trauma in Europe in 2015. There are studies who show a positive effect of alcohol consmption on the overall chance of survival after trauma. Chronic consumption is associated with an increase in mortality. Nonetheless, further research is needed and strongly encouraged.