| Summary: | To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field The main results from the Scandinavian Drinking Survey carried out in 1979 are presented. A questionnaire was sent to a representative sample of 3,000 persons between 20 and 69 years of age in the population of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The purpose was to compare drinking habits, the consequences of drinking and to study attitudes towards alcohol in the Nordic countries. The results indicate that it is not possible to estimate the negative consequences of alcohol consumption solely on the basis of the total alcohol consumption of a country. The same total yearly alcohol consumption resulted in more acute problems in Iceland and Finland, than in Norway and Sweden, despite the fact that per capita consumption of alcohol is higher in Finland than in Iceland and higher in Sweden than Norway. The acute negative consequences of drinking seemed to be related to differences in frequency of intoxication, and the frequency of intoxication was higher among the Icelanders and the Finns than among the Norwegians and the Swedes. Icelanders and Finns seem to be more conservative in drinking habits and drink in the traditional Nordic way more so than the Norwegians and the Swedes. The Swedes seem to have acquired a more continental approach to drinking. Helstu niðurstöður úr norrænni rannsókn sem gerð var á áfengisneyslu árið 1979 eru raktar. Spurningalisti var sendur til um 3.000 manna slembiúrtaks á aldrinum 20 til 69 ára í Finnlandi, Íslandi, Noregi og Svíþjóð. Markmiðið með rannsókninni var að gera samanburð á neysluvenjum áfengis og afleiðingum áfengisneyslunnar og kanna viðhorf til áfengis á Norðurlöndum. Niðurstöðurnar gefa til kynna að ekki er hægt að meta skaðsemi áfengis eingöngu út frá heildarneyslu áfengis í tilteknu landi. Sama heildarneysla áfengis leiddi til meiri skammtíma vanda á Íslandi og í Finnlandi heldur en í Noregi og Svíþjóð, þrátt fyrir það að áfengisneysla á íbúa er meiri í ...
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