title: [Causes of death of alcoholics].
abstract: An analysis of the representative material revealed a high rate of mortality among alcoholics, which was much higher than the similar rate among sex- and age-matched control subjects. The leading causes of death were accidents, injuries, poisoning, cardiovascular diseases and neoplasms. Other causes of mortality include suicide, liver cirrhosis and lung tuberculosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014586:USSR
vernacular_title: Prichiny smertnosti bol'nykh alkogolizmom.