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Table 3 The estimated impacts of each privatisation scenario on alcohol-related harm based on the International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies

From: Estimating the public health impact of disbanding a government alcohol monopoly: application of new methods to the case of Sweden

Harm measure

Total Sweden 2014

Scenario 1 extraa (95% CIs)

Scenario 2 extraa (95% CIs)

Alcohol attributable deaths

 Cancers

712

138 (106, 172)

219 (175, 263)

 Mental health

243

50 (40, 59)

70 (59, 78)

 Cardiovascular

− 452

305 (226, 391)

516 (398, 641)

 Digestive

394

134 (100, 169)

220 (172, 270)

 Injuries

651

119 (91, 145)

183 (147, 215)

 Infectious diseases

80

17 (13, 22)

27 (22, 33)

 Type 2 diabetes

−133

−6 (−5, −7)

−9 (−7, − 10)

 Total deaths: N (95%

1629

763 (576–957)

1234 (974, 1501)

CIs) % Change (95% CIs)

+ 47% (35, 59%)

+ 76% (60, 92%)

Alcohol attributable hospital stays

 Cancers

3068

668 (509, 832)

1060 (846, 1277)

 Mental health

28,172

5635 (4513, 6661)

7874 (6741, 8807)

 Cardiovascular

− 7934

1574 (1193, 1970)

2525 (2002, 3053)

 Digestive

1972

550 (415, 693)

896 (705, 1094)

 Injuries

10,565

1928 (1478, 2361)

2973 (2398, 3507)

 Infectious diseases

2249

503 (385, 623)

790 (633, 947)

 Type 2 diabetes

− 373

−12 (−9, −14)

−16 (− 14, − 18)

 Total stays: N (95% CIs)

38,091

10,859 (8493, 13,140)

16,118 (13,325, 18,685)

% Change (95% CIs)

+ 29% (22, 34%)

+ 42% (35, 49%)

  1. aCalculated as percentage change in alcohol attributable conditions