title: Tobacco- and alcohol-attributable mortality and years of potential life lost in Germany.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the ages of death caused by tobacco smoking and alcohol risk drinking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Smoking rates from the largest population survey, alcohol drinking data from the National Health Survey and data from the vital statistics from Germany are used and attributable fractions computed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Alcohol-attributable deaths occurred at the youngest age, followed by tobacco- plus alcohol-attributable cases, whereas death cases attributable to tobacco smoking only occur latest.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The overlap in the two substance-use behaviours has to be taken into account when considering attributable mortality data.
authors.affiliation: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Medical Faculty, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Germany. ujohn@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000401:mortality*; D014798:Vital Statistics