Table 4.
Drinking behaviours among medical doctors in different Western countries.
| Drinker (%) | At risk drinker (%) | Non drinker (%) | |
| Swiss primary care physicians (2002)7 (n = 1784) | 66 1 | 30 1 | 4 |
| American physicians (1984)7 (n = 337) [16] | 86 | 10 2 | 4 |
| American physicians (1989–90)7 (n = 5426) [13] | 68 3 | 9 3 | 23 |
| American physicians (2002)7 (n = 104) [15] | 66 4 | 8 4 | 26 |
| American cardiologist (2004)7 (n = 471) [7] | 69 | 3 5 | 28 |
| Finnish physicians (1986)7 (n = 2671) [14] | 76 | 16 6 | 8 |
1: based on the AUDIT-C score.
2: > 61 drinks/month.
3: drinker: drinking at least once during the past month; at risk drinker: ≥ 5 drinks/day at least once during the past month.
4: drinker: drinking ≥ 4 days/month during the past year; at risk drinker: ≥ 5 drinks at least once during the past month.
5: 3–4 drinks/day.
6: >200 g. alcohol/week.
7: year of survey