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- Title
Patterns of alcohol consumption in the Kimberley aboriginal population.
- Authors
Hunter, Ernest M; Hall, Wayne D; Spargo, Randolph M; Hunter, E M; Hall, W D; Spargo, R M
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To estimate patterns of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems among adult Aborigines in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.<bold>Design: </bold>A community survey of adult Aborigines.<bold>Participants: </bold>A stratified random sample of 516 Aboriginal men and women over the age of 15 years in the Kimberley.<bold>Main Outcome Measures: </bold>Participants' reports of their frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption, and their lifetime experience of alcohol-related problems; and the laboratory measure gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase.<bold>Results: </bold>Aborigines in the Kimberley were more likely to be non-drinkers than non-Aborigines in the Australian population, but the majority of drinkers consumed hazardous amounts of alcohol: 85% (95% Cl, 82% to 88%) of drinkers in the population were estimated to be drinking above the level defined by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) as harmful.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Alcohol abuse among Aborigines in the Kimberley is a major public health problem which requires urgent action.
- Subjects
WESTERN Australia; GAMMA-glutamyltransferase; RESEARCH; ALCOHOLISM; AGE distribution; RESEARCH methodology; REGRESSION analysis; EVALUATION research; MEDICAL cooperation; COMPARATIVE studies; ALCOHOL drinking
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 1992, Vol 156, Issue 11, p764
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb121557.x