Lyra AC, de Almeida LMC, Mise YF, Cavalcante LN. Epidemiological profile of alcoholic liver disease hospital admissions in a Latin American country over a 10-year period. World J Hepatol 2020; 12(5): 230-238 [PMID: 32547690 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i5.230]
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Andre Castro Lyra, Associate Professor, Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Gastro-Hepatology Service, University Hospital, Federal University of Bahia and Gastro-Hepatology Service, Hospital São Rafael, CPPHO, R. Dr. Augusto Viana, s/n - Canela, Salvador, Bahia 40301-155, Brazil. aclyra@live.com
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World J Hepatol. May 27, 2020; 12(5): 230-238 Published online May 27, 2020. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v12.i5.230
Table 1 Number and proportion of hospitalizations due to alcoholic liver disease in the Brazilian regions between 2006 and 2015
Region
North
Northeast
Southeast
South
Midwest
Total
2006
n
404
2508
6786
2498
683
12879
%
3.14
19.47
52.69
19.40
5.30
100
2007
n
420
2995
7008
2725
647
13795
%
3.04
21.71
50.8
19.75
4.70
100
2008
n
389
2613
7085
3169
926
14182
%
2.74
18.43
49.96
22.35
6.52
100
2009
n
503
2900
8284
3322
980
15989
%
3.14
18.14
51.81
20.78
6.13
100
2010
n
618
3211
8952
3471
1142
17394
%
3.55
18.46
51.47
19.96
6.56
100
2011
n
757
3245
8737
3131
1181
17051
%
4.44
19.03
51.24
18.36
6.93
100
2012
n
774
3771
8181
3224
1088
17038
%
4.54
22.13
48.02
18.92
6.39
100
2013
n
724
4223
7958
3279
1277
17461
%
4.15
24.18
45.58
18.78
7.31
100
2014
n
871
3983
7644
3156
1383
17037
%
5.11
23.38
44.87
18.52
8.12
100
2015
n
782
3936
7828
3219
1502
17267
%
4.53
22.79
45.34
18.64
8.70
100
Total
n
6242
33385
78463
31194
10809
160093
%
3.90
20.85
49.01
19.49
6.75
100
Table 2 Number and proportion of deaths due to liver disease in the Brazilian regions between 2006 and 2015
Region
North
Northeast
Southeast
South
Midwest
Total
2006
n
204
2260
3953
1494
518
8429
%
2.42
26.81
46.90
17.72
6.15
100
2007
n
244
2487
3926
1686
542
8885
%
2.75
27.99
44.19
18.98
6.10
100
2008
n
286
2627
4097
1745
639
9394
%
3.04
27.96
43.61
18.58
6.80
100
2009
n
305
2676
4131
1596
610
9318
%
3.27
28.72
44.33
17.13
6.55
100
2010
n
350
2829
4310
1769
660
9918
%
3.53
28.52
43.46
17.84
6.65
100
2011
n
317
2991
4424
1838
741
10311
%
3.07
29.01
42.91
17.83
7.19
100
2012
n
391
3133
4303
1716
834
10377
%
3.77
30.19
41.47
16.54
8.04
100
2013
n
411
3169
4142
1800
950
10472
%
3.92
30.26
39.55
17.19
9.07
100
2014
n
459
3215
4153
1746
880
10453
%
4.39
30.76
39.73
16.70
8.42
100
2015
n
447
3345
4150
1646
925
10513
%
4.25
31.82
39.47
15.66
8.80
100
Total
n
3414
28732
41589
17036
7299
98070
%
3.48
29.30
42.41
17.37
7.44
100
Table 3 Number and proportion of deaths due to liver disease according to age range
Region
Age group, in years
< 29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
≥ 80
Missing data
Total
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
North
109
3.19
467
13.68
865
25.34
876
25.66
604
17.69
326
9.55
145
4.25
22
0.64
3414
100
Northeast
997
3.47
4502
15.67
8119
28.26
7335
25.53
4604
16.02
2273
7.91
835
2.91
67
0.23
28732
100
Southeast
704
1.69
4725
11.36
11594
27.88
13273
31.91
7553
18.16
2897
6.97
729
1.75
114
0.27
41589
100
South
234
1.37
1624
9.53
4706
27.62
5345
31.37
3389
19.89
1412
8.29
307
1.80
19
0.11
17036
100
Midwest
186
2.55
1083
14.84
2225
30.48
2035
27.88
1156
15.84
460
6.30
119
1.63
35
0.48
7299
100
Total
2230
2.27
12401
12.65
27509
28.05
28864
29.43
17306
17.65
7368
7.51
2135
2.18
257
0.26
98070
100
Table 4 Number and proportion of hospitalizations due to alcoholic liver disease, by sex, in the Brazilian regions between 2006 and 2015
Region
Male
Female
Total
n
%
n
%
n
%
North
4846
77.64
1396
22.36
6242
100
Northeast
26694
79.96
6691
20.04
33385
100
Southeast
64329
81.99
14134
18
78463
100
South
26308
84.34
4886
15.66
31194
100
Midwest
8590
79.47
2219
20.53
10809
100
Total
130767
81.68
29326
18.32
160093
100
Table 5 Number and proportion of deaths, by alcoholic liver disease by sex, in the Brazilian regions between 2006 and 2015
Region
Male
Female
Total
n
%
n
%
n
%
North
3020
88.48
393
11.51
3413
100
Northeast
25260
87.92
3463
12.05
28723
100
Southeast
36273
87.22
5311
12.77
41584
100
South
15282
89.70
1753
10.29
17035
100
Midwest
6293
86.22
1005
13.77
7298
100
Total
86128
87.82
11925
12.16
98053
100
Table 6 Mortality rate (per 1000) of alcoholic liver disease in Brazil in the Brazilian regions between 2006 and 2015
Region
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
North
1.35
1.59
1.83
1.91
2.16
1.92
2.34
2.42
2.66
2.56
Northeast
4.30
4.69
4.91
4.95
5.19
5.44
5.66
5.68
5.72
5.91
Southeast
4.98
4.90
5.06
5.06
5.23
5.32
5.14
4.90
4.88
4.84
South
5.51
6.16
6.32
5.73
6.30
6.49
6.01
6.25
6.02
5.63
Midwest
3.88
3.99
4.63
4.34
4.62
5.10
5.65
6.34
5.78
5.99
Total
4.50
4.69
4.90
4.81
5.07
5.22
5.21
5.21
5.16
5.14
Citation: Lyra AC, de Almeida LMC, Mise YF, Cavalcante LN. Epidemiological profile of alcoholic liver disease hospital admissions in a Latin American country over a 10-year period. World J Hepatol 2020; 12(5): 230-238