Open AccessEstimating the changing burden of disease attributable to alcohol use in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012
Author(s) -
Richard Matzopoulos,
Annibale Cois,
Charlotte Probst,
C D H Parry,
Nicole Vellios,
Katherine Sorsdahl,
Jané Joubert,
Victoria Pillay-van Wyk,
Debbie Bradshaw,
Rosana Pacella
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2022.v112i8b.16487
Subject(s) - medicine , burden of disease , disease burden , environmental health , population
Alcohol use was one of the leading contributors to South Africa (SA)'s disease burden in 2000, accounting for 7% of deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in the first South African Comparative Risk Assessment Study (SACRA1). Since then, patterns of alcohol use have changed, as has the epidemiological evidence pertaining to the role of alcohol as a risk factor for infectious diseases, most notably HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB).