TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates Attributable to Alcohol-Induced Causes, by Race/Ethnicity - United States, 1999-2015 JO - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report SP - 491 EP - 491 VL - 66 IS - 18 N2 - In 2015, mortality from alcohol-induced causes reached the highest rate during 1999-2015 of 9.1 deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population. Alcohol-induced death rates for the Hispanic population remained the highest (9.9 per 100,000 U.S. standard population), followed by the non-Hispanic white population (9.6). For the non-Hispanic black population, the alcohol-induced death rate decreased 33% from 1999 to 2015, while the rate increased by 50% during the same period for the non-Hispanic white population. Overall, from 1999 to 2015, mortality from alcohol-induced causes increased 28% (7.1 to 9.1).
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LA - en SN - 0149-2195 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6618a12 ID - ref1 ER -