Table 3.
Prevalence of alcohol intoxications by mental health problems among adolescents, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway 1995–97
Not intoxicated | 1–10 intoxications | >10 intoxications | |||
Attention problems | Low | N | 3026 | 1783 | 1614 |
% | 47.1 | 27.8 | 25.1 | ||
High | N | 618 | 673 | 955 | |
% | 27.5 | 30.0 | 42.6 | ||
Conduct problems | Low | N | 2684 | 1584 | 1561 |
% | 46.0 | 27.2 | 26.8 | ||
High | N | 966 | 868 | 1008 | |
% | 34.0 | 30.5 | 35.5 | ||
Anxiety and depressive symptoms | Low | N | 3039 | 1814 | 1740 |
% | 46.1 | 27.5 | 26.4 | ||
High | N | 624 | 623 | 783 | |
% | 30.7 | 30.7 | 38.6 |
P = 0.0001 for the differences between high and low symptom groups on more than 10 intoxications estimated by Pearsons Chi-square/likelihood ratio