Table 2.
Alcohol and tobacco consumption patterns among key populations in Togo in 2017
| Addictive behaviour | MSM (n=641) n (%) |
FSW (n=937) n (%) |
DU (n=537) n (%) |
Total (n=2115) N (%) |
P value |
| Alcohol consumption | <0.001 | ||||
| Non-drinker | 338 (52.7) | 318 (33.9) | 88 (16.4) | 744 (35.2) | |
| Moderate drinking* | 169 (26.4) | 275 (29.4) | 114 (21.2) | 558 (26.4) | |
| Hazardous consumption | 134 (20.9) | 344 (36.7) | 335 (62.4) | 813 (38.4) | |
| Binge drinking† (overall) | 196 (30.6) | 406 (43.3) | 360 (67.0) | 962 (45.5) | |
| Binge drinking† (among drinkers) | 196 (64.7) | 406 (65.6) | 360 (80.2) | 962 (70.2) | |
| Tobacco use | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 97 (15.1) | 116 (12.4) | 434 (80.8) | 647 (30.6) | |
| Every day | 16 (16.5) | 49 (42.2) | 343 (79.0) | 408 (63.1) | |
| No | 544 (84.9) | 821 (87.6) | 103 (19.2) | 1468 (69.4) |
*Moderate drinking levels depend on sex (differences in metabolism for females and males): AUDIT score: 1–6 for females and AUDIT score: 1–7 for males.
†Binge drinking is defined as the consumption of six or more alcohol drinks at least once per month in one occasion (Question 3 of the AUDIT).
DU, drug users; FSW, female sex workers; MSM, men who have sex with men.