Titre du document / Document title

The impact of alcohol taxation on liver cirrhosis mortality

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

PONICKI William R. ⁽¹⁾ ; GRUENEWALD Paul J. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Prevention Research Center, 1995 University Avenue, Suite 450, Berkeley, California 94704, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of distilled spirits, wine, and beer taxes on cirrhosis mortality using a large-panel data set and statistical models that control for various other factors that may affect that mortality. Method: The analyses were performed on a panel of 30 U.S. license states during the period 1971-1998 (N = 840 state-by-year observations). Exogenous measures included current and lagged versions of beverage taxes and income, as well as controls for states' age distribution, religion, race, health care availability, urbanity, tourism, and local bans on alcohol sales. Regression analyses were performed using random-effects models with corrections for serial autocorrelation and heteroscedasticity among states. Results: Cirrhosis rates were found to be significantly related to taxes on distilled spirits but not to taxation of wine and beer. Consistent results were found using different statistical models and model specifications. Conclusions: Consistent with prior research, cirrhosis mortality in the United States appears more closely linked to consumption of distilled spirits than to that of other alcoholic beverages.

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of studies on alcohol   ISSN 0096-882X   CODEN JSALDP 

Source / Source

2006, vol. 67, n^o6, pp. 934-938 [5 page(s) (article)] (1 p.1/4)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Rutgers University, Alcohol Research Documentation, Piscataway, NJ, ETATS-UNIS  (1975-2006) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Digestive diseases ; Digestive system ; Hepatic disease ; Alcoholism ; Toxicology ; Human ; Epidemiology ; Mortality ; Cirrhosis ; Taxation ; Alcoholic beverage ; Ethanol ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Appareil digestif pathologie ; Appareil digestif ; Foie pathologie ; Alcoologie ; Alcoolisme ; Toxicologie ; Homme ; Epidémiologie ; Mortalité ; Cirrhose ; Taxation ; Boisson alcoolisée ; Ethanol ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Aparato digestivo patología ; Aparato digestivo ; Hígado patología ; Alcoholismo ; Toxicología ; Hombre ; Epidemiología ; Mortalidad ; Cirrosis ; Tasación ; Bebida alcohólica ; Etanol ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 3030 A, 35400015879738.0170