Narro-Robles J, Gutiérrez-Avila J H
Subsecretaria de Coordinación Intersectorial, Secretaría de Salud (SSA), México.
Salud Publica Mex. 1997 May-Jun;39(3):217-20.
To determine the correlation between alcohol consumption and mortality from liver cirrhosis in Mexico.
Analysis of the ecological correlation between the patterns of alcohol consumption determined by the National Addiction Survey in 1993 and mortality by liver cirrhosis, in the period between 1971-1993, in the eight regions in which the country was divided. To determine level of correlation, the Pearson and Spearman coefficients were calculated.
Significant correlations were only found with the prevalence of spirits and pulque drinkers; with beer drinkers the correlation was negative.
The correlation with pulque is interesting, since pulque consumption is considered to be low scale in some rural areas. The negative correlation with beer may indicate that beer drinking is nor a good indicator of alcoholism. Results, though limited to the possibilities of an ecological study, reveal the necessity of effective actions in the regions where spirits and pulque are consumed in excess.
确定墨西哥酒精消费与肝硬化死亡率之间的相关性。
分析1993年全国成瘾调查确定的酒精消费模式与1971 - 1993年期间该国划分的八个地区肝硬化死亡率之间的生态相关性。为确定相关性水平，计算了皮尔逊系数和斯皮尔曼系数。
仅发现与烈酒和龙舌兰酒饮用者的患病率存在显著相关性；与啤酒饮用者的相关性为负。
与龙舌兰酒的相关性很有趣，因为在一些农村地区龙舌兰酒的消费量被认为较低。与啤酒的负相关性可能表明饮用啤酒并非酗酒的良好指标。尽管结果仅限于生态研究的可能性，但揭示了在烈酒和龙舌兰酒消费过量的地区采取有效行动的必要性。
