アルコールの消費と未成年者の飲酒と成人の過剰な飲酒に対する支出
Susan E Foster1, Roger D Vaughan, William H Foster
1The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 633 Third Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA.
JAMA
|February 25, 2003
まとめ
未成年および成人の過度のアルコール消費は,米国経済に大きな影響を及ぼし,消費されるアルコールの半分以上と,アルコールの消費支出のほぼ半分を占めています. これらの発見は,年齢層を超えて過剰な飲酒がもたらす実質的な経済的負担を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 健康経済学 医療経済学
- 薬物乱用研究 薬物乱用研究
背景:
- 未成年および成人のアルコール消費者のアルコール消費量の推定は存在しているが,包括的な経済影響分析は欠けている.
- 以前の研究は,未成年者および過度の成人アルコール消費の経済的影響を十分に調査していない.
研究 の 目的:
- 未成年および成人の過度のアルコール消費の流行を正確に推定する.
- 未成年者および過度の成人の飲酒パターンに関連した消費支出を定量化するために.
主な方法:
- 薬物乱用に関する国家世帯調査,若者リスク行動調査 (YRBS),および1999年の行動リスク因子監視システム (BRFSS) を含む国家データセットを利用した.
- 2000年の米国国勢調査のデータと,アダムズ・ビジネス・リサーチからの全国的なアルコール消費と支出のデータを取り入れた.
- 12歳以上の217,192人の個人データを分析し,消費比率と消費支出を決定した.
主要な成果:
- 12歳から20歳までの人の50.0%,21歳以上の成人の52.8%が飲酒者であることが判明しました.
- 未成年の飲酒者は,月間消費される421億杯の飲料の19.7%を占めた.
- 成人の過度の飲酒 (2回以上/日) は成人の消費量の30.4%を占め,未成年者および過度の成人の飲酒は1999年の1162億ドルのアルコールの総支出にそれぞれ225億ドルと344億ドルを寄与しました.
結論:
- 未成年飲酒者および過度飲酒する成人は,総アルコール消費量の50.1%を占めています.
- これらのグループは,米国におけるアルコールの総消費支出の48.9%を担っている.
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