Mortality among male and female hospitalized alcoholics in Stockholm 1962-1983.

摘要: Summary The general and case-specific mortality has been studied in a cohort consisting of 3,910 male 962 female patients admitted to the Magnus Huss clinic, Karolinska hospital 1962–1981. The clinic is specialized care voluntarily with alcohol problems. followed until 20 March 1983. During this period there were 1,141 deaths among which gives relative risk 3.0, compared population Stockholm. Among females 191 cases death 5.2. Among males was significant excess due alcoholism, cirrhosis liver, pancreatitis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, intoxication, suicide, other causes violent death, ischaemic heart disease, cancer upper digestive tract, primary hepatic lung cancer. Causes where found mammary cancer. The ratios lower for married than those living single. ratio divorced patients. There no variations different social classes, exception from highest class, who showed ratio. higher entered during latter part observation period. first year after admission but as long years treatment