Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis
Aims: To study relationships between rates of alcohol-related deaths and (i) the density of liquor outlets and (ii) the proportion of liquor stores owned privately in British Columbia (BC) during a period of rapid increase in private stores. Design: Multi-level regression analyses assessed the relat...
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| author | Stockwell, Tim Zhao, J. Macdonald, S. Vallance, K. Gruenewald, P. Ponicki, W. Holder, H. Treno, A. |
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| description | Aims: To study relationships between rates of alcohol-related deaths and (i) the density of liquor outlets and (ii) the proportion of liquor stores owned privately in British Columbia (BC) during a period of rapid increase in private stores. Design: Multi-level regression analyses assessed the relationship between population rates of private liquor stores and alcohol-related mortality after adjusting for potential confounding. Setting: The 89 local health areas of BC, Canada across a 6-year period from 2003 to 2008, for a longitudinal sample with n=534. Measurements: Population rates of liquor store density, alcohol-related death and socio-economic variables obtained from government sources. Findings: The total number of liquor stores per 1000 residents was associated significantly and positively with population rates of alcohol-related death (< 0.01). A conservative estimate is that rates of alcohol-related death increased by 3.25% for each 20% increase in private store density. The percentage of liquor stores in private ownership was also associated independently with local rates of alcohol-related death after controlling for overall liquor store density (< 0.05). Alternative models confirmed significant relationships between changes in private store density and mortality over time. Conclusions: The rapidly rising densities of private liquor stores in British Columbia from 2003 to 2008 was associated with a significant local-area increase in rates of alcohol-related death. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-300192017-09-13T15:29:12Z Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis Stockwell, Tim Zhao, J. Macdonald, S. Vallance, K. Gruenewald, P. Ponicki, W. Holder, H. Treno, A. Aims: To study relationships between rates of alcohol-related deaths and (i) the density of liquor outlets and (ii) the proportion of liquor stores owned privately in British Columbia (BC) during a period of rapid increase in private stores. Design: Multi-level regression analyses assessed the relationship between population rates of private liquor stores and alcohol-related mortality after adjusting for potential confounding. Setting: The 89 local health areas of BC, Canada across a 6-year period from 2003 to 2008, for a longitudinal sample with n=534. Measurements: Population rates of liquor store density, alcohol-related death and socio-economic variables obtained from government sources. Findings: The total number of liquor stores per 1000 residents was associated significantly and positively with population rates of alcohol-related death (< 0.01). A conservative estimate is that rates of alcohol-related death increased by 3.25% for each 20% increase in private store density. The percentage of liquor stores in private ownership was also associated independently with local rates of alcohol-related death after controlling for overall liquor store density (< 0.05). Alternative models confirmed significant relationships between changes in private store density and mortality over time. Conclusions: The rapidly rising densities of private liquor stores in British Columbia from 2003 to 2008 was associated with a significant local-area increase in rates of alcohol-related death. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30019 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03331.x restricted |
| spellingShingle | Stockwell, Tim Zhao, J. Macdonald, S. Vallance, K. Gruenewald, P. Ponicki, W. Holder, H. Treno, A. Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis |
| title | Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis |
| title_full | Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis |
| title_fullStr | Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis |
| title_short | Impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in British Columbia: A local area multi-level analysis |
| title_sort | impact on alcohol-related mortality of a rapid rise in the density of private liquor outlets in british columbia: a local area multi-level analysis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30019 |