Lee Sung Won
Department of Internal Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Korea.
The Catholic University Liver Research Center, Seoul, Korea.
Korean J Gastroenterol. 2020 Aug 25;76(2):55-59. doi: 10.4166/kjg.2020.76.2.55.
The harmful use of alcohol is associated with significant medical and socioeconomic burdens responsible for approximately 6% of all deaths worldwide. In Korea, the total alcohol consumption recently decreased slightly from 14.8 L of alcohol per person on average in 2011 to 9.1 L in 2015. On the other hand, over the past 10 years (2007-2017), the rates of monthly alcohol consumption, which is defined as drinking more than once a month, and the rates of high-risk alcohol consumption, defined as drinking more than seven standard drinks twice a week or more, have increased. In particular, the death rate due to alcoholic liver disease was the highest and increasing among those in their 50s who play crucial socioeconomic roles. In addition, the most notable change over the past 10 years has been the increase in alcohol consumption in young women aged between 20 and 39, and the increase in deaths among women due to alcoholic liver disease. In Korea, alcoholic liver disease is ranked 2nd-3rd as the causes of chronic liver disease, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, having a significant negative socioeconomic impact.
有害饮酒与重大的医学和社会经济负担相关，约占全球所有死亡人数的6%。在韩国，酒精总消费量最近略有下降，从2011年人均14.8升降至2015年的9.1升。另一方面，在过去10年（2007 - 2017年）中，每月饮酒率（定义为每月饮酒超过一次）和高风险饮酒率（定义为每周两次或更多次饮用超过七标准杯酒）有所上升。特别是，酒精性肝病导致的死亡率在50多岁人群中最高且呈上升趋势，而这一年龄段人群在社会经济中发挥着关键作用。此外，过去10年最显著的变化是20至39岁年轻女性的酒精消费量增加，以及女性因酒精性肝病导致的死亡人数增加。在韩国，酒精性肝病是慢性肝病、肝硬化和肝细胞癌的第二至第三大病因，具有重大的负面社会经济影响。
