Alcohol-related liver cancer deaths were falling. Then the trend reversed during the COVID-19 pandemic Download PDF Copy

While deaths from several alcohol-attributable conditions have fallen globally, one cancer followed a strikingly different trajectory during the pandemic years. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260901/Alcohol-related-liver-cancer-deaths-were-falling-Then-the-trend-reversed-during-the-COVID-19-pandemic.aspx In a recent study published in the journal npj Science of Food, researchers used data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 study to investigate global, regional, and national trends in alcohol-attributable mortality from four specific conditions (1990 to 2023). The study evaluated these mortality patterns across 204 countries and territories. It further assessed temporal shifts in alcohol-attributable mortality trends coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, trend data were modeled to estimate future alcohol-attributable mortality rates through 2050.