Alcohol environment, gender and nonfatal injuries in young people. An ecological study of fourteen Swedish municipalities (2000–2005)

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Gunnel Hensing¹  Max Petzold²  Marie Hasselberg³  Richard A Dale¹ 

[1] Department of Social Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, PO Box 453, SE-405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden;Centre for Applied Biostatistics, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health/IHCAR, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

关键词: Gender;    Municipality level;    Sweden;    Nonfatal injuries;    Crimes against alcohol laws;    Per capita alcohol consumption;    Alcohol access;    Young adults;    Children;   

Others  :  834476
DOI  :  10.1186/1747-597X-7-36

 received in 2012-01-17, accepted in 2012-08-14,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Sweden has had a restrictive alcohol policy, but there are gender and geographical differences in alcohol consumption and injury rates within the country. Whether and how the Swedish alcohol environment influences gender differences in injuries in young people is still unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyse the associations between the local alcohol environment and age- and gender-specific nonfatal injury rates in people up to 24 years in Sweden.

Methods

The local alcohol environment from 14 municipalities was studied using indicators of alcohol access, alcohol consumption and alcohol-related crimes. A comprehensive health care register of nonfatal injuries was used to estimate mean annual rates of nonfatal injuries by gender and age group (2000–2005). Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used to analyse linear associations.

Results

Associations were shown for both alcohol access and alcohol consumption with injury rates in boys aged 13–17 years; no other associations were observed between alcohol access or per capita alcohol consumption and nonfatal childhood injuries. The prevalence of crimes against alcohol laws was associated with injury rates in children of both genders aged 6–17 years.

Conclusions

This study found no strong area-level associations between alcohol and age and gender specific nonfatal injuries in young people. Further, the strength of the area-level associations varied by age, gender and type of indicator used to study the local alcohol environment.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Dale et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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