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Injury, Substance Use & Mental Health: Alcohol Subcommittee
Alcohol Subcommittee

The Alcohol Epidemiology Subcommittee works closely with state Alcohol Epidemiologists and the CDC Alcohol Program and welcomes other members interested in alcohol surveillance issues. This subcommittee was formed to address critical alcohol epidemiology details to improve public health surveillance such as, data inventory, data development, indicator development, data analyses, outreach to other agencies, and support for prevention activities

For more information about the Alcohol Subcommittee and its activities, please contact Cailyn Lingwall. Click here to view other Injury, Substance Use and Mental Health Steering Committee Activities..

Alcohol Subcommittee Data Tool
Alcohol Subcommittee Data Tool

Alcohol Subcomittee Data Tool link

This directory of data sources and surveys are used frequently for applied public health practitioners to monitor alcohol-related indicators in the United States. The datasets and sources included in the spreadsheet linked below were chosen based on the alcohol indicators available and their reliability for public health surveillance. Users can download this list and add their own sources and notes as applicable.
ED Screening Tools

Screening for alcohol use in emergency departments is an effective strategy to reduce harms related to excessive drinking but is underutilized. This one-pager and slides describe the results of an assessment of emergency physicians’ practices around alcohol screening and brief intervention (ASBI) and resources for implementing validated alcohol screening tools in clinical settings.
ED Screening Tools
Alcohol Morbidity: Developmental Indicator
Alcohol Morbidity: Developmental Indicator

The CSTE Alcohol Subcommittee, in partnership with CDC, developed the following How to Guide on estimating hospitalizations related to alcohol in the United States using ICD-10-CM codes. This guide is designed to serve as a resource for state and local epidemiologists who are interested in monitoring the burden of excessive alcohol use on the hospital system or in adding to the surveillance practices of alcohol-related harms in their jurisdiction. This indicator has several limitations (see the section “Suggestions for Use and Limitations”) and should be considered developmental and used with the limitations in mind. Please see below for the links to each component of the guide. Note that the Excel spreadsheet and SAS code are also included within the PDF.
Developmental Indicator: Hospitalizations Related to Alcohol in the United States using ICD-10-CM codes (PDF)
Spreadsheet to calculate counts, crude rates, and age-adjusted rates (Excel Workbook)
Generic SAS Programming for Generating Indicator with ICD-10-CM Codes within Any Discharge Diagnosis Field (SAS file)

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