Estimates of the 2000/02 burden of death and disability due to alcohol consumption in New Zealanders have been used widely by researchers and policymakers.
In the eight years since the previous estimates were published, more recent alcohol consumption data and burden estimation methods have become available.
This report, Alcohol-attributable burden of disease and injury in New Zealand: 2004 and 2007, responds to the need for revised New Zealand estimates of death and disability due to alcohol consumption.