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University of Ruhuna ISSN: 2706-0063
Matara, Sri Lanka

Alcohol Hangovers; Study on Alcohol Consumption in South
Asia on Global Burden of Diseases

Oshadha Athukorala, Sanduni Ishara, Tanya Pathirage, Dishani Silva and
Ruwan Jayathilaka
SLIIT Business School, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.
oshadhaak@gmail.com

This study investigates the alcoholic beverage consumption and the attributable
burden of diseases in the eight South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The main objective of this
study was to examine what is the impact of alcohol consumption on the Global
Burden of Diseases (GBD) whilst analyzing its effect of the Human Development
Index (HDI), Socio-Demographic Index (SDI), and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
of South Asian countries on GBD. The stepwise regression technique was used to
analyze the data from 2000 to 2019. Considering the results of all a surveyed; India
and Bangladesh witnessed a significant positive effect on GBD via wine, spirit and
beer consumption. However, the HDI had a substantial negative impact on GBD in
India. The outcome of this study creates an in-depth picture of how different types
of alcoholic beverage consumption and the other independent variables influence
the disease burden in South Asia. This study will assist those countries with a high
stage of GBD influenced various kinds of alcoholic beverages to adopt and
implement corrective policies and measures.

Keywords: Alcohol, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol and Mortality

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