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In three Russian cities (Barnaul, Byisk, and Tomsk), we interviewed 200 000 adults during
1999–2008 (with 12 000 re-interviewed some years later) and followed them until 2010 for cause-specific mortality. In 151 000 with no previous disease and some follow-up at ages 35–74 years, Poisson regression (adjusted for age at risk, amount smoked, education, and city) was used to calculate the relative risks associating vodka consumption with mortality. We have combined these relative risks with age-specific death rates to get 20-year absolute risks.
Fig 1. Prevalence of current smoking (%) in 151 811 participants versus mean vodka use self-reported at baseline.
Fig 3. All-cause mortality, males aged 15–54 years, in Russia from 1980–2012 and in the UK from 1980–2010.
This prospective study of alcohol and mortality in Russia provides strong, unbiased confirmation of the already striking findings from smaller prospective studies, retrospective studies, autopsy studies, and national mortality trends that vodka (or other strong alcoholic drink) is a major cause of death in Russia (panel).
In three Russian cities (Barnaul, Byisk, and Tomsk), we interviewed 200 000 adults during
1999–2008 (with 12 000 re-interviewed some years later) and followed them until 2010 for cause-specific mortality. In 151 000 with no previous disease and some follow-up at ages 35–74 years, Poisson regression (adjusted for age at risk, amount smoked, education, and city) was used to calculate the relative risks associating vodka consumption with mortality. We have combined these relative risks with age-specific death rates to get 20-year absolute risks.
Fig 1. Prevalence of current smoking (%) in 151 811 participants versus mean vodka use self-reported at baseline.
Fig 3. All-cause mortality, males aged 15–54 years, in Russia from 1980–2012 and in the UK from 1980–2010.
This prospective study of alcohol and mortality in Russia provides strong, unbiased confirmation of the already striking findings from smaller prospective studies, retrospective studies, autopsy studies, and national mortality trends that vodka (or other strong alcoholic drink) is a major cause of death in Russia (panel).
