Nombre del autor:RoxanaPromovil

Adelstein and colleagues (1984) found that cirrhosis mortality rates are higher than the national average for men from the Asian subcontinent and Ireland, but lower than average for men of African–Caribbean origin. Cirrhosis mortality was lower in Asian and African–Caribbean women but higher in Irish women. However, because there were few total deaths in ethnic […]

In the chart, we see the prevalence of alcohol dependence versus the average per capita alcohol consumption. There is no clear evidence that high overall consumption (particularly in moderate quantities) is connected to the onset of alcohol dependency. Alcohol dependence is characterized by tolerance — the need to drink larger amounts of alcohol to achieve