Accurate comparisons of
alcoholism rates in different countries are extremely difficult to make because of wide variations in the way vital statistics are collected and recorded in this field.
The late E. M. Jellinek did a cross-cultural comparison of the relation between drinking practices and
alcoholism rates in 25 countries.
Not exact matches
We have rampant corruption and abuse
in our Gurdewara, we have the largest number of female fotiece abortion
in India and probably
in the rest of the world, we have Gurdewara's based on caste, we have the highest
rate alcoholism in England (highest of liver damage), being born and raised
in the UK, the girls are now drinking more then the guys.
The bible belt states lead the nation
in crime
rates, divorce, unwed mothers, welfare collection, obesity,
alcoholism and drug use.
In consultation with Keith W. Sehnert, M.D., she wrote
Alcoholism — The Biochemical Connection: A Biomedical Regimen for Recovery with a Proven 75 Percent Success
Rate (New York: Villard Books, 1992).
They show that there was a substantial drop
in the
rate of chronic
alcoholism during the decade of 1920 - 30.
Yet as has been shown repeatedly both
in this country and abroad,
rates of
alcoholism and other drinking pathologies for Jews are very low.5.
For example:
Rates of rejection
in the Armed Forces for chronic
alcoholism in «World War 1 (60,000 cases): Irish — 3.0 %; Negro — 2.2 %; Italian — i.2 %; Jewish — 0.2 %; Chinese — O. 0 %.
The high
rate of
alcoholism among Americans of Irish descent is thought to be due to the pressures
in this subculture which encourage the use of alcohol as a means of interpersonal adjustment.
We also know that unified sanctions against drunkenness do not exist
in American life
in general, and that their absence contributes to the high
rate of
alcoholism.
No direct inference about international
alcoholism rates should be drawn from comparing cirrhosis of the liver mortality
rates, however, since the variations
in the relationship between these
rates and
alcoholism rates, from country to country, are not known.
There seems to be no evidence of a substantial rise
in the
rate of
alcoholism 23 either among drinkers or
in the total adult population since 1948.
To what extent this reflects a «greater
rate of emergence of formerly hidden
alcoholism among women» 13 and to what extent a rise
in the number of women alcoholics (associated with the increase of women drinkers since World War II) is not really known.
Dr John Busby, lead author of the study, published
in The British Journal of General Practice, said: «Admission
rates for some of the conditions
in our study, including
alcoholism, schizophrenia and diabetes, were over three times higher
in some practices than others.
Hospital admission
rates are 55 per cent higher
in some areas than
in others because of a greater prevalence of conditions such as diabetes,
alcoholism, dementia and socioeconomic deprivation.
In addition, the investigators found that rates of alcohol use disorder — sometimes called «alcoholism» — rose from 8.5 percent (about 18 million people) in 2001 - 2002 to 13 percent (nearly 30 million people) in 2012 - 201
In addition, the investigators found that
rates of alcohol use disorder — sometimes called «
alcoholism» — rose from 8.5 percent (about 18 million people)
in 2001 - 2002 to 13 percent (nearly 30 million people) in 2012 - 201
in 2001 - 2002 to 13 percent (nearly 30 million people)
in 2012 - 201
in 2012 - 2013.
Large amounts of alcohol can lead to / are connected to an increased amount of anemia, alcohol dementia, brain shrinkage, physical dependence, sexual dysfunction, hormonal imbalance
in men and women, impaired prospective memory, Wernicke - Korsakoff syndrome, insomnia, higher
rates of major depressive disorder,
alcoholism, and different types of cancer (pharynx, larynx, esophagus, breast, and colon and rectum
in men).
Poverty is also associated with higher
rates of
alcoholism and other substance abuse
in the home; greater incidence of child abuse and neglect; and heightened family involvement
in the criminal justice system.
We have the highest
rate of depression,
alcoholism and drug abuse of any profession out there and divorce lawyers are probably leading a lot of that... And it's not always easy to assume the role of advocate [
in an adversarial practice].
Whisman et al. (1997) found therapists
rated power struggles as the fourth most difficult issue
in therapy, right after lack of love, affairs, and
alcoholism.
Because exposure to traumatic events is strongly associated with alcohol abuse, these traumas introduced high
rates of
alcoholism in Native communities, which
in turn has led to a high
rate of HIV and other STIs.