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Burden of alcohol-attributable mortality in the WHO European Region, 1990–2014<br />
Fig. 18. Trends in age-st<strong>and</strong>ardized adult mortality due to alcohol-attributable liver cirrhosis for Irel<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
the United Kingdom, 1990–2014<br />
120<br />
100<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
United Kingdom<br />
WHO<br />
European Region<br />
80<br />
Rate per million<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
1990<br />
1992<br />
1994<br />
1996<br />
1998<br />
2000<br />
2002<br />
2004<br />
2006<br />
2008<br />
2010<br />
2012<br />
2014<br />
Since early in the twenty-first century, all countries in central-western Europe have lower liver cirrhosis rates than the<br />
WHO Region as whole (Fig. 19). Austria, Denmark, France <strong>and</strong> Germany, all of which had higher rates in the earlier years<br />
of the observation period, have all reduced mortality due to alcohol-attributable liver cirrhosis, consistent with their<br />
consumption levels (see Fig. 2).<br />
Fig. 19. Trends in age-st<strong>and</strong>ardized adult mortality due to alcohol-attributable liver cirrhosis for Austria,<br />
WHO Euro<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
United Kingdom<br />
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> Switzerl<strong>and</strong>, 1990–2014<br />
Rate per million<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
Austria<br />
Belgium<br />
Denmark<br />
France<br />
Germany<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />
WHO<br />
European Region<br />
20<br />
0<br />
1990<br />
1992<br />
1994<br />
1996<br />
1998<br />
2000<br />
2002<br />
2004<br />
2006<br />
2008<br />
2010<br />
2012<br />
2014<br />
After 2005, all Mediterranean countries had lower liver cirrhosis mortality rates than the WHO European Region<br />
average (Fig. 20). In 1990, Italy, Portugal <strong>and</strong> Spain had higher rates, but with the continuous decline in adult per capita<br />
consumption in these traditionally wine-drinking countries, the liver cirrhosis rates also declined, starting more than a<br />
decade before 1990 (157).<br />
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