title: [Alcohol use as a necessary cause of death in Brazil, 2010-2012].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe mortality from diseases, conditions, and injuries for which alcohol consumption is a necessary cause during the 2010-2012 triennium in Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study was conducted with data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's Mortality Information System (SIM). The analysis included deaths whose primary cause was classified as any of the 78 codes of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) corresponding to the diseases, conditions, and injuries for which the use of alcohol is a necessary cause.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Deaths with alcohol consumption as a necessary cause totaled 55 380 (88.5% in men). The crude mortality rate for the triennium was 9.6/100 000 people in the overall population, 17.35/100 000 men in males, and 2.15/100 000 women in females. Higher mortality rates were observed in the 50-59 year (28.45) and 60-69 year (27.23) age groups and among people with black or brown skin color (10.15). The Northeast (11.70) and Midwest (11.04) regions exhibited higher age-adjusted mortality rates. Liver diseases were the leading cause of death (55.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mortality from causes related to alcohol consumption is high in Brazil, especially among men, people aged 50-69 years, and residents in the Northeast and Midwest regions.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, Brasília, DF, Brasil, leila.garcia@ipea.gov.br.
authors.forename: Leila Posenato
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lucia Rolim Santana
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis and Information Unit, Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis Department, Pan American Health Organization, Washington D.C., United States of America.
authors.forename: Vilma Pinheiro
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Gawryszewski
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Social, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Elisabeth Carmen
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Duarte
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000438:Alcohols; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols