Use of alcohol among the inhabitants of the 107 largest cities in Brazil--2001

Alcohol is part of the history of humanity, seemingly as a result of countless factors including the easy production of alcoholic beverages in practically all regions of the world. The authors studied aspects of the use of and the dependence on alcohol in Brazil, through a household survey conducted...

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Published in:Brazilian journal of medical and biological research 2007-03, Vol.40 (3), p.367-375
Main Authors: Galduróz, J C F, Carlini, E A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol-Related Disorders - epidemiology
BIOLOGY
Brazil
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Cities - epidemiology
Dependence
Female
Household survey
Humans
Male
MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Alcohol is part of the history of humanity, seemingly as a result of countless factors including the easy production of alcoholic beverages in practically all regions of the world. The authors studied aspects of the use of and the dependence on alcohol in Brazil, through a household survey conducted by Centro Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas Psicotrópicas (CEBRID). A total of 8,589 interviews were held in 107 of the largest cities in Brazil, all of them with more than 200 thousand inhabitants. The study was planned to gather information within the household environment about a stratified probabilistic sample obtained in three selection phases: 1) the censitaire sectors for each municipality, 2) a systematic randomized sampling, and 3) drafting a respondent by lot in each household to provide information. Approximately 11.2% of the subjects were concerned with their own consumption of alcohol. The signs/symptoms of the syndrome of dependence evident in a greater percentage were the desire to stop or reduce the use of alcohol and to stop or reduce resorting to alcoholic beverages more often than desired, as reported by 14.5 and 9.4% of the respondents, respectively. The regions in Brazil with the highest percentage of dependents were the North (16.3%) and the Northeast (19.9%). According to the estimates obtained in the survey, 5.2% of the teenagers were concerned about the use of alcohol. The estimates obtained in this survey reveal a need to implant specific preventive programs for the problem of alcohol, especially for the very young.
ISSN:0100-879X
1414-431X
0100-879X
1414-431X
DOI:10.1590/S0100-879X2007000300012