Alcohol consumption in the Baltic Republics

STUDY OBJECTIVES Premature mortality associated with alcohol intake is of particular concern in several countries of the former Soviet Union. This study explored self reported alcohol consumption (beer, wine, spirits) and its determinants in the Baltic Republics. DESIGN Cross sectional surveys condu...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2000-05, Vol.54 (5), p.361-366
Main Authors: McKee, Martin, Pomerleau, Joceline, Robertson, Aileen, Pudule, Iveta, Grinberga, Daiga, Kadziauskiene, Kamelija, Abaravicius, Algis, Vaask, Sirje
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Advertising
Age groups
Alcohol
Alcohol drinking
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol related disorders
Alcoholic beverages
Alcohols
Analysis. Health state
Baltic states
Beer
Beer industry
Beers
Biological and medical sciences
Consumption
Countries
Cross-Sectional Studies
Education
Epidemiology
Estonia - epidemiology
Female
General aspects
Health facilities
Humans
Income
Interviews
Latvia - epidemiology
Life expectancy
Lithuania - epidemiology
Liver diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Men
Middle Aged
Mortality
Nutrition
Polls & surveys
Population
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research Report
Research Reports
Response rates
Rural areas
Russia
Russia - ethnology
Smuggling
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Urban areas
Wine
Wines
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Summary:STUDY OBJECTIVES Premature mortality associated with alcohol intake is of particular concern in several countries of the former Soviet Union. This study explored self reported alcohol consumption (beer, wine, spirits) and its determinants in the Baltic Republics. DESIGN Cross sectional surveys conducted in 1997. SETTINGS Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. PARTICIPANTS Representative samples of adults age 19–64 (Estonia n=2010; Latvia n=2258; Lithuania n=2139). METHODS Between country differences in the frequency of alcohol intake were estimated. The odds of consuming alcohol weekly according to socioeconomic characteristics (age, ethnicity, rural/urban area, education, income) were calculated using multiple logistic regression analyses, adjusting for all variables simultaneously. MAIN RESULTS The proportion of respondents consuming alcohol weekly varied by country (p
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.54.5.361