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Some Considerations in Using Cirrhosis Mortality Rates as Indicators of the Prevalence of Alcoholism

Paul D. Cleary

SUMMARY. Analysis of data on death certificates indicates that the value of P (the percentage of all deaths due to cirrhosis of the liver that can be attributed to alcoholism) in the Jellinek estimation formula is a function of sex, race and whether or not an autopsy was performed.