[Social impact of abusive alcohol consumption in Spain: consumption, cost and policies]. / Impacto social del consumo abusivo de alcohol en el estado español: Consumo, coste y políticas.

Although it has declined in recent decades, alcohol consumption in Spain is still high compared with other European countries. The consumption pattern shows a converging trend with Europe, with a decrease in consumption of wine and an increase in the consumption of beer. Likewise, mortality related to alcohol consumption has also declined in the last twenty years, but remains a major cause of death. The direct healthcare costs and indirect costs of diseases totally and partially attributable to alcohol consumption in 2007 was 2669.74 million. The effective tax regime in Spain gravel alcohol very little, so a substantial increase, in line with some European countries, could be an option to be considered for accelerating the reduction of the burden of morbidity and mortality associated with alcohol consumption.

Impacto social del consumo abusivo de alcohol en el estado español. Consumo, coste y políticas / Social impact of abusive alcohol consumption in Spain. Consumption, cost and policies

Aunque ha disminuido en las últimas décadas, el consumode alcohol en el Estado español sigue siendo elevado en comparación con el resto de países europeos. El patrón de consumomuestra una tendencia convergente con el patrón europeo, conuna disminución del consumo de vino y un aumento del de cerveza. Así mismo, la mortalidad relacionada con el consumo de alcohol también ha disminuido en los últimos veinte años, a pesar de seguir siendo una de las principales causas de muerte. Elcoste directo sanitario y el coste indirecto de las enfermedadestotal y parcialmente atribuibles al consumo de alcohol en elaño 2007 fue de 2.669,74 millones de euros. El régimen fiscalefectivo en el Estado español grava muy poco las bebidas alcohólicas, por lo que un aumento substancial de la misma, en lalínea de algunos países europeos, podría ser una opción a teneren cuenta para acelerar la disminución de la carga de morbimortalidad asociada al consumo de alcohol(AU)

Although it has declined in recent decades, alcohol consumption in Spain is still high compared with other Europeancountries. The consumption pattern shows a converging trend with Europe, with a decrease in consumption of wine and anincrease in the consumption of beer. Likewise, mortality related to alcohol consumption has also declined in the last twentyyears, but remains a major cause of death. The direct healthcare costs and indirect costs of diseases totally and partially attributable to alcohol consumption in 2007 was 2669.74 million. The effective tax regime in Spain gravel alcohol very little, so asubstantial increase, in line with some European countries, could be an option to be considered for accelerating the reduction of the burden of morbidity and mortality associated with alcohol consumption(AU)