The Epidemiology of Alcoholism in an Urban Residential Area

Bailey, Margaret B.; Haberman, Paul W.; Alksne, Harold

doi:10.2307/3349183

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“…Previous reports (Rosin and Glatt, 1971;Bailey et al, 1965) have identified widowhood as one of the states of old age associated with alcohol problems. The absence of any significant difference in drinking patterns between married and widowed groups in the current study is worth noting as a negative finding consistent with the lack of any relationship between marital status and problem drinking reported by Meyers (1982) or with heavy drinking (Barnes, 1979).…”

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Alcohol use and abuse in the elderly: Findings from the liverpool longitudinal study of continuing health in the community

Saunders

Copeland

Dewey

et al. 1989

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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. SUMMARYProblem drinking and patterns of alcohol consumption are examined as part of a follow-up study of 1070 elderly subjects randomly selected from Liverpool general practitioner lists. Using a community version of the Geriatric Mental State Examination, the prevalence of current drinking problems was found to be 9.4/ 1000 subjects aged 65 and over. At follow-up three years later, one-third were drinking moderately and a similar proportion whose health had seriously deteriorated were abstinent. Detailed examination of drinking patterns reveals a decline with age in the number of subjects drinking regularly. This decline is accompanied by a trend towards reduction in alcohol consumption with age which is less marked for women. Nearly one-fifth of both males and females who are drinking regularly are exceeding recommended sensible limits of alcohol consumption.

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Alcohol use and abuse in the elderly: Findings from the liverpool longitudinal study of continuing health in the community

Saunders

Copeland

Dewey

et al. 1989

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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“…Approximately 5% of the United States population are alcoholic with a male to female ratio of at least three to one (Maxmen and Ward, 1995). The peak prevalence of alcoholism is between 40 to 55 years of age with studies suggesting a second peak at 65 to 74 years of age (Zimberg, 1982;Bailey et al, 1965). The mean age of incidence for the cancers mentioned above correspond with these peaks (American Cancer Society, 1996).…”

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Alcohol and cancer: a review for psycho-oncologists

Lundberg¹,

Passik²

1997

Psycho-Oncology

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“…In a study conducted in New York City by Bailey et al, the random prevalence of excessive drinkers was 2.2% in the age range 65-74 and 1.2% over 75 (Bailey et al, 1965 of 55 who reside in the community to be 15% (Zimberg, 1979). By far the most comprehensive study of prevalence of drinking in the community is the one by Calahan (Calahan et al, 1969).…”

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confidence: 99%