Alcohol-Related Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This study uses mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics to assess whether alcohol-related deaths increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using Death Certificates to Explore Changes in Alcohol-Related Mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2017.

Background: Alcohol consumption, alcohol-related emergency department visits, and hospitalizations have all increased in the last 2 decades, particularly among women and people middle-aged and older. The purpose of this study was to explore data from death certificates to assess whether parallel changes in alcohol-related mortality occurred in the United States in recent years.

Methods: U.

Longitudinal Associations of 12th-Grade Binge Drinking With Risky Driving and High-Risk Drinking.

Objective: To study the longitudinal associations of 12th-grade binge drinking with driving while impaired (DWI), riding with an impaired driver (RWI), blackouts, extreme binge drinking, and risky driving (self-reported Checkpoints Risky Driving Scale) among emerging adults up to 4 years after leaving high school.

Methods: The data were all 7 waves (W 1 to W 7 of the NEXT Generation Health Study; a US nationally representative study ( = 2785) with a probability cohort of 10th-graders (mean age = 16.2 years; SE = 0.

Close Friends' Drinking and Personal Income as Mediators of Extreme Drinking: A Prospective Investigation.

Objective: This study examined longitudinal associations between college attendance, residence on- or off-campus, and work status during the first 2 years after high school with extreme binge drinking at 4 years after high school and tested peer drinking and personal income at 3 years after high school as mediators.

Method: Data were drawn from Waves 4-7 of the NEXT Generation Health Study (n = 2,081). Multinomial logistic regressions and mediation analyses were conducted.