Titre : | Ecological analysis of collectivity of alcohol consumption in England: importance of average drinker |
Auteurs : | H. COLHOUN ; Y. BEN-SHLOMO ; W. DONG ; L. BOST ; M. MARMOT |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 1997 |
Format : | 1164-1168 / tabl. |
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) |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés ENQUETE ; SANTE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE ; ALCOOL ; PREVALENCE ; CONSOMMATION ; ABSTINENCE ; ABUS ; USAGE OCCASIONNEL ; USAGE REGULIER ; SEXE FEMININ ; SEXE MASCULINThésaurus géographique ANGLETERRE ; ROYAUME-UNI |
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) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol |
Refs biblio. : | 17 |
Affiliation : |
Dpt of Epidemiology and Public Health, Univ. College London, London WC1E 6BT Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom. |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A01682 |
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