Kposowa AJ, Breault K, et al. - Using the National Longitudinal Mortality Study (NLMS) covering the period 1990– 2011, researchers evaluated alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) mortality by evaluating disability status and those otherwise unemployed and not looking for work, and by stratifying gender, race and ethnicity with relevant covariates.

• Proportional hazards regression was used on a sample of almost 1.4 million people aged 18 and older in the statistical analysis; there were 2,638 deaths because of ALD by the end of the follow-up period.

• With expanded employment status factors, a strong correlation of disability, unemployment, and those not otherwise in the labor force was observed with ALD mortality when compared with the employed.

• When stratified, there appeared no significant influence of gender, race, and ethnicity on the relationships between disability, unemployment, those not in the labor force and subsequent ALD mortality.

• In line with findings from other studies, ALD mortality was observed in correlation with male gender, minority status, living in a highly urban area, renting as opposed to owning a home, lower educational attainment, marital statuses other than marriage, low income, and age.