Table 1.
Prevalence (% and 95%CI) of alcohol use adjusted by age in nine Asian HDSS, stratified by sex
| Bangladesh | India | Vietnam | Indonesia | Thailand | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol use category | Matlab | Mirsarai | Abhoynagar | WATCH | Vadu | Chililab | Filabavi | Purworejo | Kanchanaburi |
| Men | |||||||||
| Non-drinker | 96 (94.4–97.1) | 96.3 (94.9–97.3) | 98.3 (97.1–99.0) | 97.1 (95.6-98.1) | 82.7 (80.2–85.0) | 14.2 (12.2–16.5) | 15.3 (13.2–17.8) | 88.5 (86.3–90.4) | 25.1 (22.5–27.9) |
| Moderate drinker | 4 (2.9–5.6) | 3.3 (2.4–4.7) | 1.7 (1.0–2.9) | 2.8 (1.8–4.3) | 17.2 (14.9–19.7) | 68.5 (65.5–71.3) | 53.2 (50.0–56.5) | 11.3 (9.5–13.5) | 63.2 (60.1–66.1) |
| At-risk drinker | 0 | 0.4 (0.1–1.1) | 0 | 0.1 (0.01–0.6) | 0.1 (0.01–0.6) | 17.3 (15.1–19.8) | 31.4 (28.5–34.6) | 0.2 (0.01–0.9) | 11.7 (9.8–14.0) |
| Women | |||||||||
| Non-drinker | 100 | 100 | 99.9 (99.0–99.9) | 100 | 100 | 70.7 (67.8–73.3) | 85.6 (83.3–87.7) | 98.0 (96.9–98.8) | 71.7 (68.8–74.4) |
| Moderate drinker | 0 | 0 | 0.2 (0.01–1.03) | 0 | 0 | 29.1 (26.4–31.9) | 14..0(11.9–16.3) | 1.9 (0.1–3.0) | 24.9 (22.3–27.6) |
| At-risk drinker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 (0.01–0.8) | 0.4 (0.2–1.1) | 0.1 (0.01–0.6) | 3.5 (2.5–4.8‘) |
Note: Moderate drinker = less than four standard drinks in a day when consumed alcohol; at-risk drinker = four standard drinks or more in a day when consumed alcohol.