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Ecological analysis of collectivity of alcohol consumption in England: importance of average drinker
Auteur(s) :
COLHOUN, H. ;
BEN-SHLOMO, Y. ;
DONG, W. ;
BOST, L. ;
MARMOT, M.
Année
1997
Page(s) :
1164-1168
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
17
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ENQUETE
;
SANTE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
ALCOOL
;
PREVALENCE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
ABSTINENCE
;
ABUS
;
USAGE OCCASIONNEL
;
USAGE REGULIER
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
SEXE MASCULIN
Thésaurus géographique
ANGLETERRE
;
ROYAUME-UNI
Note générale :
British Medical Journal, 1997, 314, (7088), 1164-1168
Suivi de l'éditorial pp.1142-1143 (Alcohol policy in the Nordic countries: why competition law must have a public health dimension)
Suivi de l'éditorial pp.1142-1143 (Alcohol policy in the Nordic countries: why competition law must have a public health dimension)
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Objective: To assess whether the average consumption of alcohol is associated with the prevalence of heavy drinking, problem drinking, and abstention in England. Design: Ecological analysis using data from a cross sectional household based survey of English adults. Subjects: Random sample of 32 333 adults from the English population who participated in the 1993 and 1994 health surveys for England. Main outcome measures: Association, expressed as the correlation coefficient, between the regional mean and median alcohol consumption and the regional prevalence of heavy drinking, problem drinking, and abstention. Results: Mean consumption of alcohol in light to moderate drinkers was strongly positively, associated with the prevalence of heavy drinking (r=0.75 in men and r=0.62 in women for drinking more than 21 and 14 units per week respectively). A similar association was found between median consumption and prevalence of heavy drinking. Abstention was not significantly associated with mean consumption in drinkers (r=0.08 for men and r=-0.29 for women). Both the median and mean consumption in drinkers were positively associated with the prevalence of problem drinking as defined by the CAGE questionnaire on alcohol use (r=0.53 for men and r=0.42 for women for the association with mean consumption). Conclusion: Factors that increase the average consumption of alcohol in the population may result in an increase in the prevalence of heavy drinking and related problems. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dpt of Epidemiology and Public Health, Univ. College London, London WC1E 6BT
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Cote :
A01682