Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #117451

William C. Kerr, PhD, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Ave. Suite 300, Berkeley, CA 94709, 510 642-5208, wkerr@arg.org

US State alcohol consumption patterns, practices and trends are examined in order to identify groups of states with similar drinking habits or cultures. Rates of current and lifetime abstention, typical frequencies and quantities of alcohol intake, frequencies of heavy drinking, volumes of specific beverage types and sub-types, per captita consumption levels and drinking context prevelence are used to categorize states. Recent trends in overall and beverage-specific per capita consumption and beverage sub-type preferences are also considered. Data sources include the 2001-2002 NESARC survey, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys, the 2000 National Alcohol Survey, apparent consumption statistics, and the Adams Beer, Wine and Spirits Handbooks. Identification of clusters or groupings of states with similar drinking practices and trends will facilitate analyses of alcohol-realted mortality and other consequences and of alcohol polices' impact on consumption.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify groups of US states with similar drinking practices and trends.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.