Characteristics Alcohol consumption Sociodemographics Volume of consumption Alcoholrelated

����������� Characteristics Alcohol consumption Socio-demographics - Volume of consumption Alcohol-related characteristics - Risky (binge) drinking Other factors influence consequences -Pattern of drinking (Drinking behavior) -History of drinking (& drinking in the past) Consequences Health and Social effects (from other vs. their selves) - Accident (drink-drive) - Violence - Crime - Dependence/Liver cancer - Diseases Productivity lost Condition of drinking Other behaviors and attitudes Frequency (occasion) Location of drinking Type of beverage Participants Unrecorded products Effectiveness of alcohol policy Opinion on alcohol policy - Absenteeism - Unemployment - Death? Expenditures due to alcohol consumption - Consumption - Healthcare (OOP)

Survey questionnaire of NIAAA • • Alcohol consumption (p 9 -18) Alcohol experience (p 19 -26) Treatment utilization (p 27 -28) Family history (p 29 -32)

Survey questionnaire of NHES 2003 -2004

��������� • Prevalence of alcohol-impaired driving: Results from a national selfreported survey of health behaviors (Liu et al, JAMA 1997) – BRFSS 1993 (alcohol-impaired driving, and its episodes) • Binge drinking among US adults (Naimi et al, JAMA 2003) – BRFSS 1993 -2001 • Age of drinking onset and unintentional injury involvement after drinking (Hingson et al, JAMA 2000) – National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiology Survey • Average volume of consumption, pattern of drinking, and all-cause mortality: Results from the US National Alcohol Survey (Rehm et al, Am J Epidemiol 2001) – Follow-up the 1984 National Alcohol Survey participants in 1995

��������� • Consumption of alcoholic beverage and subjective health in Spain (Guallar-Castilon et al, J Epidemiol Community Health 2001) – The 1993 Spanish National Health Survey • Alcohol consumption and expenditure for underage drinking and adult excessive drinking (Foster et al, JAMA 2003) – 3 surveys: NHSDA, YRBS, and BRFSS (with national data on consumption and consumer expenditures for alcohol) – Results: 50. 1% of consumption and 48. 9% of expenditure were arisen from underage drinking and adult excessive drinking

��������� Patterns, expenditures and health outcome of alcohol consumption in Thai people Socio-demographic factors -Sex -Age -Education -Marital status -Household income -Employment status Type of alcoholic beverage Amount of alcohol consumption (Number of drinks) Price Pattern of alcohol consumption (quantity-frequency approach) Geographic factors -Region Health behavior -Smoking Chronic diseases -Social drinking -Binge drinking -Regular drinking -Chronic heavy drinking Expenditure of alcohol consumption (Baht) Health outcome -Injury-related hospital visits

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