Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria
Objective: To examine recent trends in alcohol-related harm and risky drinking in Victoria, Australia. Methods: The study compiled eight measures of alcohol-related harm from published and unpublished sources, covering data relating to health, crime, alcohol treatment and traffic crashes for the fin...
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| author | Livingston, M. Matthews, S. Barratt, Monica Lloyd, B. Room, R. |
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| description | Objective: To examine recent trends in alcohol-related harm and risky drinking in Victoria, Australia. Methods: The study compiled eight measures of alcohol-related harm from published and unpublished sources, covering data relating to health, crime, alcohol treatment and traffic crashes for the financial years 1999/2000 to 2007/08. In addition, published estimates of short and long-term risky drinking from three sets of surveys between 2001 and 2007 were examined. Results: Six of the eight harm indicators substantially increased, while only alcohol-related mortality and single-vehicle night-time crashes remained relatively stable. In particular, rates of emergency presentations for intoxication and alcohol related ambulance attendances increased dramatically. Contrastingly, survey-derived estimates of the rate of risky-drinking among Victorians were stable over the time-period examined. Conclusions: Evidence across the data examined suggests significant increases in alcohol-related harm taking place during a period of relatively stable alcohol consumption levels. This disparity maybe accounted for by changing drinking patterns among small, high-risk, subgroups of the population. Implications: The sharply increasing ratesof alcohol-related harm among Victorians suggest that changes to alcohol policies focusing on improving public health are necessary. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-38602017-09-13T16:01:43Z Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria Livingston, M. Matthews, S. Barratt, Monica Lloyd, B. Room, R. trends alcohol intoxication violence alcohol consumption emergency medicine Objective: To examine recent trends in alcohol-related harm and risky drinking in Victoria, Australia. Methods: The study compiled eight measures of alcohol-related harm from published and unpublished sources, covering data relating to health, crime, alcohol treatment and traffic crashes for the financial years 1999/2000 to 2007/08. In addition, published estimates of short and long-term risky drinking from three sets of surveys between 2001 and 2007 were examined. Results: Six of the eight harm indicators substantially increased, while only alcohol-related mortality and single-vehicle night-time crashes remained relatively stable. In particular, rates of emergency presentations for intoxication and alcohol related ambulance attendances increased dramatically. Contrastingly, survey-derived estimates of the rate of risky-drinking among Victorians were stable over the time-period examined. Conclusions: Evidence across the data examined suggests significant increases in alcohol-related harm taking place during a period of relatively stable alcohol consumption levels. This disparity maybe accounted for by changing drinking patterns among small, high-risk, subgroups of the population. Implications: The sharply increasing ratesof alcohol-related harm among Victorians suggest that changes to alcohol policies focusing on improving public health are necessary. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3860 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00568.x Blackwell unknown |
| spellingShingle | trends alcohol intoxication violence alcohol consumption emergency medicine Livingston, M. Matthews, S. Barratt, Monica Lloyd, B. Room, R. Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria |
| title | Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria |
| title_full | Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria |
| title_fullStr | Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria |
| title_short | Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria |
| title_sort | diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in victoria |
| topic | trends alcohol intoxication violence alcohol consumption emergency medicine |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3860 |