The Impact of Increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age from 18 to 20 Years in Lithuania on All-Cause Mortality in Young Adults-An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.
Journal
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
ISSN: 1464-3502
Titre abrégé: Alcohol Alcohol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8310684
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 Jul 2022
09 Jul 2022
Historique:
received:
05
04
2021
revised:
22
07
2021
accepted:
30
10
2021
pubmed:
6
12
2021
medline:
14
7
2022
entrez:
5
12
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To determine the effect of an alcohol policy change, which increased the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) from 18 years of age to 20 years of age on all-cause mortality rates in young adults (18-19 years old) in Lithuania. An interrupted time series analysis was conducted on a dataset from 2001 to 2019 (n = 228 months). The model tested the effects of the MLDA on all-cause mortality rates (deaths per 100,000 individuals) in three age categories (15-17 years old, 18-19 years old, 20-22 years old) in order to control for general mortality trends in young adults, and to isolate the effects of the MLDA from other alcohol control policies. Additional models that included GDP as a covariate and a taxation policy were tested as well. There was a significant effect of the MLDA on all-cause mortality rates in those 18-19 years old, when modelled alone. Additional analyses controlling for the mortality rate of other age groups showed similar findings. Inclusion of confounding factors (policies on alcohol taxation, GDP) eliminated the effects of MLDA. Although there was a notable decline in all-cause mortality rates among young adults in Lithuania, a direct causal impact of MLDA on all-cause mortality rates in young adults was not definitively found.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34864838
pii: 6438114
doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agab076
pmc: PMC9270988
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
513-519Subventions
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AA028224
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : 1R01AA028224-01
Pays : United States
Organisme : CIHR
ID : SMN-13950
Pays : Canada
Organisme : CMHS SAMHSA HHS
Pays : United States
Organisme : CMHS SAMHSA HHS
Pays : United States
Organisme : CIHR
ID : SMN-13950
Pays : Canada
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : 1R01AA028224-01
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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