Using Death Certificates to Explore Changes in Alcohol‐Related Mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2017

Background Alcohol consumption, alcohol‐related emergency department visits, and hospitalizations have all increased in the last 2 decades, particularly among women and people middle‐aged and older. The purpose of this study was to explore data from death certificates to assess whether parallel changes in alcohol‐related mortality occurred in the United States in recent years. Methods U.S. mortality data from the National Center for Health...