New Data on the Epidemiology of Adult Drinking and Substance Use among American Indians of the Northern States: Male and Female Data on Prevalence, Patterns, and Consequences

Autor/inn/en	May, Philip A.; Gossage, J. Phillip
Titel	New Data on the Epidemiology of Adult Drinking and Substance Use among American Indians of the Northern States: Male and Female Data on Prevalence, Patterns, and Consequences
Quelle	In: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 10 (2001) 2, S.1-26 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-7731
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Females; Incidence; American Indians; Drinking; Epidemiology; Tribes; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Smoking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Weibliches Geschlecht; Vorkommen; American Indian; Indianer; Trinken; Epidemiologie; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rauchen
Abstract	The quantity, frequency, and variability of alcohol and other substance use is described in a random sample of 1,436 enrolled members of four tribes from the northern United States. Overall, males begin regular drinking at an earlier age than do females (17 vs. 18.1 years), and more males drink alcohol than females (70.7% to 60.4%). There are some very heavy drinkers who drink daily in these populations, but most drinkers are binge drinkers. On any typical day abstinence from alcohol is the modal pattern. That is, most respondents indicated very infrequent drinking, and among the older age groups (40+), there is a high rate of abstinence. Males drink more frequently and in larger quantities than females. The number of drinking days per month is 4.7 for males and 2.1 for females, and on those days when drinking occurs, the males consume an average of 5.7 drinks and females an average of 3.1. The highest prevalence of drinking and the heaviest drinking occur among those who are under the age of 30. With the exception of tobacco use, which is high in all age categories, the use of other drugs is highest in those under 30. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10