The burden of alcohol consumption and AUD on physical health varies by racial/ethnic group. Hispanic White males have higher age-adjusted death rates from liver cirrhosis than non-Hispanic White males, Hispanic Black males, non-Hispanic Black males, and females (i.e., Hispanic White females, non-Hispanic White females, Hispanic Black females, and non-Hispanic Black females) (Yoon and Yi 2012). Within the Hispanic subgroup, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans have the highest mortality rates attributable to liver cirrhosis. Conversely, Asians had the lowest death rates attributable to alcoholic liver disease of all racial/ethnic groups (Hoyert and Xu 2012).
