Is the Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Violence Relative to the Level of Consumption?

Bye, Elin Kristin

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“…This is a widely used methodological approach for assessing aggregate alcohol-harm relationships. It has been used for comparative purposes ( Norström, 2002 ; Landberg, 2009 ) and in assessing the alcohol harm association within populations ( Bye and Rossow, 2008 ; Ramstedt, 2008 ). The starting point of ARIMA modelling is the obvious fact that analysis of time-series data entails a large risk of spurious associations.…”

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What Role Do Changes in the Demographic Composition Play in the Declining Trends in Alcohol Consumption and the Increase of Non-drinkers Among Swedish Youth? A Time-series Analysis of Trends in Non-drinking and Region of Origin 1971–2012

Svensson

Andersson

2015

Alcohol and Alcoholism

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AimNon-drinkers among youth in Sweden have increased markedly during the last 15 years. The aim of this study is to investigate the temporal association between region of origin among Swedish youth and rates of non-drinking.Data and methodData on non-drinkers were obtained from The Swedish Council on Information and Other drugs (CAN) yearly school surveys among Swedish ninth-grade students over the period 1971–2013. Annual data of region of origin for 1968–2012 has been compiled from Statistics Sweden (SCB) and consists of all 15-year-olds in Sweden and their region of birth; Sweden, The Nordic Countries, Europe, The Middle East and the rest of the world. Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) modelling was applied in order to estimate these associations.ResultsDescriptive results revealed a change in the demography of Swedish 15- to 16-year-olds. In the early 1990s 1% of Swedish 15- to 16–year-olds were born in a Middle East country, this proportion increased to 6% in 2012. Furthermore, those born in the rest of the world (non-European or non-Nordic countries) increased from 1% to almost 4%. Similarly, the trend of non-drinkers increased from about 20% to more than 40% among Swedish 15- to 16-year-olds during the same period. However, a more thorough analysis using ARIMA modelling revealed no significant association between rates of region of origin and non-drinking.ConclusionThe marked increase in non-drinkers during the last 15 years is not associated to changes in the demographic composition, in terms of region of origin, among Swedish youth.

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What Role Do Changes in the Demographic Composition Play in the Declining Trends in Alcohol Consumption and the Increase of Non-drinkers Among Swedish Youth? A Time-series Analysis of Trends in Non-drinking and Region of Origin 1971–2012

Svensson

Andersson

2015

Alcohol and Alcoholism

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“…A corollary of this is that the link between use and substance‐related harm would be stronger the lower the prevalence of the substance use. For instance, one study suggested that the association between consumption and violence was stronger during a period with lower overall alcohol consumption than during a period with higher consumption. Thus, although the decrease in drinking should in itself lower harm rates, this effect may be offset by an increase in the alcohol effect (more harm per litre).…”

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Drinking trajectories of at‐risk groups: Does the theory of the collectivity of drinking apply?

Norström

Raninen

2017

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…Given that it is foremost intoxication drinking that triggers aggressive behaviour, the existence of a population level link requires that an increase in overall drinking is followed by an increase in the number of intoxication drinking episodes. Few studies have assessed this directly but there is some evidence pointing in this direction, for example [9]. Other evidence is more indirect and is based on previously mentioned aggregate level studies revealing a link between per capita consumption and homicide.…”

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Population drinking and homicide in Australia: A time series analysis of the period 1950–2003

Ramstedt

2011

Drug and Alcohol Review

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A one-litre increase in per capita consumption was followed by an 8% increase in overall and male homicide rates and a 6% increase in female homicide rates. The effect was mainly driven by beer consumption. In a comparative perspective, the importance of population drinking was similar to what has been found in Western Europe. Conclusions. Australia belongs to the group of countries where lowering population drinking is likely to be associated with lower homicide rates and reducing beer consumption seems to be the most efficient way to achieve this.

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Is the Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Violence Relative to the Level of Consumption?

Cited by 16 publications

References 57 publications

What Role Do Changes in the Demographic Composition Play in the Declining Trends in Alcohol Consumption and the Increase of Non-drinkers Among Swedish Youth? A Time-series Analysis of Trends in Non-drinking and Region of Origin 1971–2012

What Role Do Changes in the Demographic Composition Play in the Declining Trends in Alcohol Consumption and the Increase of Non-drinkers Among Swedish Youth? A Time-series Analysis of Trends in Non-drinking and Region of Origin 1971–2012

Drinking trajectories of at‐risk groups: Does the theory of the collectivity of drinking apply?

Population drinking and homicide in Australia: A time series analysis of the period 1950–2003

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