title: Estimating a population in need of alcoholism services: a new approach.
abstract: A new approach for estimating a population at risk of alcoholism and problem drinking is discussed. Its advantages include specification of planning-relevant social-demographic characteristics of a population at risk and the identification of a population base in terms of which alcoholism programs, services, and resources can be comparatively evaluated.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D012939:Social Planning; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population