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*Corresponding author Razvodovsky YE, Grodno State Medical University, 80 Gorky Street, Grodno 230009, Belarus, Tel: 375 0152 70 18 84; Fax: 375 0152 43 53 41; Email:
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Affordability of Alcohol and Alcohol-Related Outcomes in Russia
Submitted: 25 November 2016 Accepted: 25 July 2017 Published: 27 July 2017 ISSN: 2333-665X Copyright
Razvodovsky YE*
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Grodno State Medical University, Belarus
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Abstract Background: Studies from many countries have shown an inverse relationship between alcohol prices and alcohol drinking and concluded that economic availability (affordability) of alcohol is one of the most important predictors of alcohol-related harm.
• Affordability • Vodka • Alcohol-related outcomes • Russia
Objective: The aim of the present study was to estimate the relationship between the affordability of vodka and alcohol-related outcomes in post-Soviet Russia. Methods: Trends in the affordability of vodka and mortality from external causes (violent mortality), fatal alcohol poisonings and incidence of alcoholic psychoses between 1991 and 2015 were compared. Results: A Spearman correlation analysis suggests a statistically significant negative association between the affordability of vodka and violent mortality (r = 0.51; p
