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Self‐Reported Alcohol Consumption and Adverse Consequences of Drinking in Three Areas of Britain: General Population Studies
Author(s) -
Crawford Alex,
Plant Martin A.,
Kreitman Norman,
Latcham Richard W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1985.tb03013.x
Subject(s) - alcohol consumption , environmental health , consumption (sociology) , alcohol , geography , population , demography , health board , medicine , sociology , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , nursing
Summary Official rates of alcohol‐related problems are highest in the North, and lowest in the South of Britain. As pan of a wider study of regional variations, surveys of self‐reported levels of alcohol consumption and adverse consequences of drinking were simultaneously conducted within 3 areas of Britain. These were Highland and Tayside Regions in Scotland, and part of the South East Thames Area Health Board in England. These areas have markedly different rates of alcohol related problems. It was found that these variations were not reflected in differences in either levels or patterns of self‐reported alcohol consumption. It is suggested that care has to be exercised when interpreting official statistics relating to area differences in problem‐drinking.