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Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria
Michael Livingston1, Sharon Matthews, Monica J Barratt
1Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre and School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria. michaell@turningpoint.org.au
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The study compiled eight measures of alcohol-related harm from published and unpublished sources, covering data relating to health, crime, alcohol treatment and traffic crashes for the financial years 1999/2000 to 2007/08.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 may be accounted for by changing drinking patterns among small, high-risk, subgroups of the population.
Implications:
The sharply increasing rates of alcohol-related harm among Victorians suggest that changes to alcohol policies focusing on improving public health are necessary.
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