The Impact of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age on Alcohol-Related Chronic Disease Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) of 21 has been associated with a number of benefits compared to lower MLDAs, including long-term effects, such as reduced risk for alcoholism in adulthood. However, no studies have examined whether MLDA during young adulthood is associated with mortality later in life. We examined whether individuals exposed to permissive MLDA (<21) had higher risk of death from alcohol-related chronic disease compared to those exposed to the 21 MLDA. Because prior work suggests that MLDA affects college students differently, we also conducted conditional analyses based on ever having attended college.

Methods

Data from the 1990 through 2010 U.S. Multiple Cause-of-Death files were combined with data on the living population and analyzed. We in

SUBMITTER: Plunk AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4961607 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature