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Table 3 Alcohol use among deceased adults in relation to causes of death (N = 3709), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2006-2009

From: Association of socioeconomic and behavioral factors with adult mortality: analysis of data from verbal autopsy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Causes of death

Number

Frequent alcohol use

Occasional alcohol use

No alcohol use**

 

n

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

I. Communicable diseases

1566

225 (14)*

241 (16)

1100 (70)

   HIV/AIDS

707

111 (16)*

90 (13)

506 (72)

   Tuberculosis

460

82 (18)*

79 (17)

299 (65)

   Respiratory infections

102

10 (10)

16 (16)

76 (75)

   Diarrheal disease

115

15 (13)

21 (18)

79 (69)

   Meningitis

47

2 (4)

6 (13)

39 (83)

II. Non communicable disease

1915

211 (11)*

287 (15)

1417 (74)

  A. Malignant neoplasm

386

24 (6)*

43 (11)

319 (83)

   Stomach Cancer

73

6 (8)

10 (14)

57 (78)

   Breast Cancer

43

1 (2)*

1 (2)

41 (96)

   Uterine Cancer

47

1 (2)*

1 (2)

45 (96)

   Liver Cancer

37

4 (11)

4 (11)

29 (78)

   Cancer of cervix

19

1 (5)

-

18 (95)

   Colon and rectal cancer

27

2 (7)

5 (16)

20 (74)

   Other neoplasm

145

12 (8)

20 (14)

113 (78)

  B. Diabetes mellitus

183

18 (10)

29 (16)

136 (74)

  C. Neuropsychiatry

76

11 (15)

15 (20)

50 (66)

  D. Cardiovascular diseases

885

81 (9)*

141 (16)

663 (75)

   Hypertensive disease

426

35 (8)*

71 (17)

320 (75)

   Stroke

404

40 (10)

72 (18)

292 (72)

   Congestive heart failure

239

17 (7)*

34 (14)

188 (79)

   Myocardial infarction

84

8 (10)

14 (17)

62 (74)

  E. Respiratory diseases

93

8 (9)

12 (13)

73 (79)

   Asthma

73

7 (10)

10 (14)

56 (77)

  F. Digestive diseases

328

61 (19)*

55 (17)

212 (65)

   Chronic liver disease

165

45 (27)*

28 (17)

92 (56)

   Peptic ulcer disease

31

2 (7)

5 (16)

24 (77)

  G. Genitourinary disease

137

12 (9)

24 (18)

101 (74)

   Chronic renal failure

112

10 (9)

19 (17)

83 (74)

III. Injuries

233

22 (9)

37 (16)

174 (75)

  A. Unintentional

102

4 (4)*

11 (11)

87 (85)

   Road traffic accidents

83

3 (4)*

8 (10)

72 (87)

  B. Intentional (Suicide…)

79

7 (9)

12 (15)

60 (76)

   Poisoning

28

12 (43)*

4 (14)

12 (43)

   Undetermined

254

22 (9)

34 (13)

198 (78)

  1. Note: * P < 0.03. P value obtained by comparison of frequent alcohol use, occasional alcohol use and non alcohol use by chi- squared trend test.
  2. ** non alcohol use is a reference category.