Alcohol-involved injuries linked to increased risk of dying in the next year JSADJournal
Patient presentations to the emergency department for alcohol-involved injury represent a growing public health burden, but their characteristics and sequelae remain understudied. This study examined mortality rates among ED patients presenting with alcohol-involved injuries, and assessed how mortality varied by injury intent and other characteristics.This retrospective cohort study used statewide, longitudinally-linked ED patient record and mortality data from California.
Age-, sex-, and race/ethnicity-adjusted standardized mortality ratios were calculated using statewide mortality data.Most ED injury visits involving an AUD diagnosis were coded as unintentional . Following the index ED visit, all-cause mortality among AUD-involved injury patients was 5,205 per 100,000 person-years, five times higher than the demographically matched population .
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