酒精消费和未成年人饮酒和成年人过度饮酒的支出
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
概括
未成年人和成年人过度饮酒对美国经济产生重大影响,占所有酒精消费的一半以上,占所有酒精消费的一半. 这些发现凸显了跨年龄组过度饮酒带来的巨大经济负担.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 药物滥用研究 药物滥用研究
背景情况:
- 已有未成年人和成年人饮酒者的酒精消费估计,但缺乏全面的经济影响分析.
- 之前的研究还没有充分探讨未成年人和成年人过度饮酒的财务影响.
研究的目的:
- 准确估计未成年人和成年人过度饮酒的患病率.
- 量化与未成年人和成年人过度饮酒模式相关的消费支出.
主要方法:
- 采用了国家数据集,包括国家家庭药物滥用调查,青年风险行为调查 (YRBS) 和自1999年以来的行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS).
- 结合了2000年美国人口普查数据和亚当斯商业研究的全国酒精消费和支出数据.
- 分析了217,192名12岁及以上的个人数据,以确定消费比例和消费支出.
主要成果:
- 发现50.0%的12-20岁个人和52.8%的21岁以上的成年人是饮酒者.
- 未成年饮酒者占每月消费的42.1亿杯饮料的19.7%.
- 成年人过度饮酒 (每天超过2杯) 占成年人消费的30.4%,未成年人和成年人过度饮酒分别为1999年1162亿美元的酒精总支出贡献了225亿美元和344亿美元.
结论:
- 未成年饮酒者和成年过度饮酒者共同占总酒精消费量的50.1%.
- 这些群体占美国酒精消费总支出的48.9%.
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