Alcohol and Educational Inequalities: Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and All-Cause Mortality by Hazardous Drinking Group in People Aged 50 and Older in Europe

Abstract

<i>Conclusions:</i> Higher educational attainment is positively associated with hazardous drinking prevalence among women, but not among men in most of the analyzed European countries. Clear educational inequalities in mortality among hazardous drinkers were only observed in Eastern Europe. Further research on the associations between alcohol use and inequalities in all-cause mortality in different regions is needed.