Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use from 1990 to 2021

Global Burden of Disease 2021 data estimates the number and age-standardized rates of deaths and disability-adjusted life years attributable to tobacco, high alcohol use, and drug use from 1990 to 2021. The dataset, authored by Wenshuai Zheng and last updated in May 2026, includes stratified analyses by sex, age, geographic location, sociodemographic index level, and disease, along with forecasts to 2040.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in substance-attributable burden based on data spanning 1990 to 2021
• Compare disease burden by sex and age group based on stratified analysis mentioned in the description
• Forecast future burden of drug use and chewing tobacco based on Bayesian age-period-cohort model projections
• Assess geographic disparities in burden, such as high alcohol use in colder regions, using location-stratified data
• Evaluate correlations between sociodemographic index levels and substance use burden based on Pearson's correlation analysis

Strengths

• Data spans 32 years from 1990 to 2021, providing a long-term trend analysis
• Includes forecasts for burden from 2022 to 2040 based on a Bayesian model
• Stratified by multiple dimensions including sex, age, geographic region, and SDI level

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is contained in a DOCX file format, which may require extraction before analysis

Provenance

Source

Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) 2021

Collection Method

Estimated burden attributable to substance use using GBD data, with analysis via histogram plots, world maps, Pearson’s correlation, and Bayesian age-period-cohort modeling

Time Range

1990 to 2021, with projections to 2040

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 04:52:42; freshness should be verified

Geography

Global, with regional stratification