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2016-01-20T09:00:22Z urn:hdl:10324/15424 Differences in alcohol-related mortality between foreign-born and native-born Spaniards Fierro Lorenzo, María Inmaculada Yáñez Ortega, José Luis Álvarez González, Francisco Javier Automóviles - Conducción en estado de embriaguez - España Alcohol - Mortalidad Producción Científica Background: Alcohol consumption is associated with high rates of mortality. This study aimed to analyse mortality attributable to alcohol consumption in foreign-born and native-born Spaniards in 2004 and to determine whether differences existed between these groups. Methods: The number of deaths attributable to alcohol consumption was calculated by means of the alcohol-attributable fractions devised by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for calculating mortality rates in the USA. Alcohol-related mortality rates and age-adjusted mortality rates per 100,000 persons (using European standard population) were calculated by gender. Results: The mortality rates attributable to alcohol per 100,000 inhabitants were lower among foreignborn Spaniards (7.0) than native-born Spaniards (16.7). Chronic conditions accounted for only 23.6% of all alcohol-related mortality for foreign-born Spaniards, but 60% for native-born Spaniards. The former were much more likely to suffer unintentional injuries, particularly road traffic accidents, while the latter showed high rates of alcohol-related death for digestive diseases, cardiovascular disorders, intentional injuries and malignant neoplasm. Conclusion: Alcohol consumption is an important cause of death among the native-born Spanish population. The observed differences in alcohol-related mortality between native and foreign-born Spaniards should be considered when developing targeted harm reduction policies 2016-01-20T09:00:22Z 2016-01-20T09:00:22Z 2010 info:eu-repo/semantics/article International Journal of Drug Policy, (2010); 21(3) : 240–243 0955-3959 http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15424 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.08.006 240 3 243 International Journal of Drug Policy 21 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Elsevier