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Table 2 Categories of alcohol-attributable diseases and the sources used for determining risk relations from the WHO 2014 Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health [9]a

From: A narrative review of alcohol consumption as a risk factor for global burden of disease

Condition

ICD 10 Code

Sources of risk relations (for calculating alcohol-attributable fractions)

Infectious and parasitic diseases

  

 Tuberculosis

A15-A19

[158]

Human immunodeficiency virus/ Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

B20-B24

[56] for estimate on the impact of alcohol on worsening the disease course via disrupting the medication schedule

Malignant neoplasms

  

 Mouth and oropharynx cancers

C00-C14

(based on relative risks from [87])

 Esophageal cancer

C15

(based on relative risks from [87])

 Liver cancer

C22

(based on relative risks from [87])

 Laryngeal cancer

C32

(based on relative risks from [87])

 Breast cancer

C50

(based on relative risks from [87])

 Colon cancer

C18

(combined risk taken from [47])

 Rectal cancer

C20

Diabetes

  

 Diabetes mellitus

E10-E14

[71]

Neuro-psychiatric conditions

  

 Alcoholic psychoses (part of AUD)

F10.0, F10.3-F10.9

100 % alcohol attributable by definition

 Alcohol abuse (part of AUD)

F10.1

 

 Alcohol dependence (part of AUD)

F10.2

 Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol

X45

 

 Epilepsy

G40-G41

[69]

Cardiovascular disease

  

 Hypertensive disease

I10-I15

[73]

 Ischemic heart disease

I20-I25

[89, 90, 159]

For any CRA after GBD 2013 see: [89]

  

 Cardiac arrhythmias

I47-I49

[76]

 Ischemic stroke

I60-I62

[75, 89]

 Hemorrhagic and other non-ischemic stroke

I63-I66

[75]

Digestive diseases

  

 Cirrhosis of the liver

K70, K74

[70]

 Acute and chronic pancreatitis

K85, K86.1

[37]

Respiratory infections

  

 Lower respiratory infections

J10–J18, J20–J22

[52]

Conditions arising during the prenatal period

  

 Fetal alcohol syndrome

Q86.0

100 % alcohol attributable by definition

Unintentional injuries

  

 Motor vehicle accidents

b

[87]

 Poisonings

X40-X49 except X45

[87]

 Falls

W00-W19

[87]

 Fires

X00-X09

[87]

 Drowning

W65-W74

[87]

 Other Unintentional injuries

cRest of V-series and W20-W64, W 75-W99, X10-X39, X50-X59, Y40-Y86, Y88, Y89

[87]

Intentional injuries

 

[87]

 Self-inflicted injuries

X60-X84, Y87.0

[87]

 Homicide

X85-Y09, Y87.1

[87]

  1. aDue to lack of data on very specific categories of death, diseases where alcohol is a necessary cause (other than Alcohol Use Disorders), such as alcohol poisonings, were modelled using RRs for the broader category
  2. bV021–V029, V031–V039, V041–V049, V092, V093, V123–V129, V133–V139, V143–V149, V194–V196, V203–V209, V213–V219, V223–V229, V233–V239, V243–V249, V253–V259, V263–V269, V273– V279, V283–V289, V294–V299, V304–V309, V314–V319, V324–V329, V334–V339, V344–V349, V354–V359, V364–V369, V374–V379, V384–V389, V394–V399, V404–V409, V414–V419, V424–V429, V434–V439, V444–V449, V454–V459, V464– V469, V474–V479, V484–V489, V494–V499, V504–V509, V514–V519, V524–V529, V534–V539, V544–V549, V554–V559, V564–V569, V574–V579, V584–V589, V594–V599, V604–V609, V614–V619, V624–V629, V634–V639, V644–V649, V654– V659, V664–V669, V674–V679, V684–V689, V694–V699, V704–V709, V714–V719, V724–V729, V734–V739, V744–V749, V754–V759, V764–V769, V774–V779, V784–V789, V794–V799, V803–V805, V811, V821, V830–V833, V840–V843, V850– V853, V860–V863, V870–V878, V892
  3. cRest of V = V-series MINUS b