Note: Shaded area represents the period before implementation of a new sample design which may affect the trend data.
Caution should be taken when making comparisons between the old and new sample design periods.

Data for this graph are presented in the following table

Source: Chen, C.M.; and Yi, H. Surveillance Report #80: Trends in Alcohol-Related Morbidity Among Short-Stay Community Hospital Discharges, United States, 1979–2005. Bethesda, MD: NIAAA, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System, August 2007, e-pub @ http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/surveillance80/HDS05.htm.

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Prepared: February 2008