Chronic alcohol use is a major cause of liver damage and death: Approximately 30,000 persons in the United States die annually from alcoholic liver diseases, such as cirrhosis.
About half of all liver mortality is attributable to alcoholic-associated liver disease, and transplantation is the sole alternative when corticosteroids don t work.
This study highlights the importance of public health efforts to address and improve behavioral risk factors related to chronic disease in American Indian and Alaskan Native populations.