Prevalence of and Potential Influencing Factors for Alcohol Dependence in Europe
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and alcohol dependence (AD) in particular, are prevalent and associated with a large burden of disability and mortality. The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of AD in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland for the year 2010, and to investi...
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crskarger:10.1159/000365284 2024-10-06T13:50:00+00:00 Prevalence of and Potential Influencing Factors for Alcohol Dependence in Europe Rehm, Jürgen Anderson, Peter Barry, Joe Dimitrov, Plamen Elekes, Zsuzsanna Feijão, Fernanda Frick, Ulrich Gual, Antoni Gmel, Jr., Gerrit Kraus, Ludwig Marmet, Simon Raninen, Jonas Rehm, Maximilien X. Scafato, Emanuele Shield, Kevin D. Trapencieris, Marcis Gmel, Gerhard 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000365284 https://www.karger.com/Article/Pdf/365284 en eng S. Karger AG https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses https://www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses European Addiction Research volume 21, issue 1, page 6-18 ISSN 1022-6877 1421-9891 journal-article 2014 crskarger https://doi.org/10.1159/000365284 2024-09-11T04:08:02Z Alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and alcohol dependence (AD) in particular, are prevalent and associated with a large burden of disability and mortality. The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of AD in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland for the year 2010, and to investigate potential influencing factors. The 1-year prevalence of AD in the EU was estimated at 3.4% among people 18-64 years of age in Europe (women 1.7%, men 5.2%), resulting in close to 11 million affected people. Taking into account all people of all ages, AD, abuse and harmful use resulted in an estimate of 23 million affected people. Prevalence of AD varied widely between European countries, and was significantly impacted by drinking cultures and social norms. Correlations with level of drinking and other drinking variables and with major known outcomes of heavy drinking, such as liver cirrhosis or injury, were moderate. These results suggest a need to rethink the definition of AUDs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Karger Norway European Addiction Research 21 1 6 18 |
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Alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and alcohol dependence (AD) in particular, are prevalent and associated with a large burden of disability and mortality. The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of AD in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland for the year 2010, and to investigate potential influencing factors. The 1-year prevalence of AD in the EU was estimated at 3.4% among people 18-64 years of age in Europe (women 1.7%, men 5.2%), resulting in close to 11 million affected people. Taking into account all people of all ages, AD, abuse and harmful use resulted in an estimate of 23 million affected people. Prevalence of AD varied widely between European countries, and was significantly impacted by drinking cultures and social norms. Correlations with level of drinking and other drinking variables and with major known outcomes of heavy drinking, such as liver cirrhosis or injury, were moderate. These results suggest a need to rethink the definition of AUDs. |
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Rehm, Jürgen Anderson, Peter Barry, Joe Dimitrov, Plamen Elekes, Zsuzsanna Feijão, Fernanda Frick, Ulrich Gual, Antoni Gmel, Jr., Gerrit Kraus, Ludwig Marmet, Simon Raninen, Jonas Rehm, Maximilien X. Scafato, Emanuele Shield, Kevin D. Trapencieris, Marcis Gmel, Gerhard |
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Rehm, Jürgen Anderson, Peter Barry, Joe Dimitrov, Plamen Elekes, Zsuzsanna Feijão, Fernanda Frick, Ulrich Gual, Antoni Gmel, Jr., Gerrit Kraus, Ludwig Marmet, Simon Raninen, Jonas Rehm, Maximilien X. Scafato, Emanuele Shield, Kevin D. Trapencieris, Marcis Gmel, Gerhard Prevalence of and Potential Influencing Factors for Alcohol Dependence in Europe |
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Rehm, Jürgen Anderson, Peter Barry, Joe Dimitrov, Plamen Elekes, Zsuzsanna Feijão, Fernanda Frick, Ulrich Gual, Antoni Gmel, Jr., Gerrit Kraus, Ludwig Marmet, Simon Raninen, Jonas Rehm, Maximilien X. Scafato, Emanuele Shield, Kevin D. Trapencieris, Marcis Gmel, Gerhard |
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Prevalence of and Potential Influencing Factors for Alcohol Dependence in Europe |
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Prevalence of and Potential Influencing Factors for Alcohol Dependence in Europe |
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Prevalence of and Potential Influencing Factors for Alcohol Dependence in Europe |
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Prevalence of and Potential Influencing Factors for Alcohol Dependence in Europe |
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