[Alcohol consumption and alcohol-induced psychoses in Poland in the years 1956-1986].
The dependence between alcohol psychoses morbidity and the average alcohol consumption in Poland in the period of time from 1956 till 1986 was studied. Alcohol consumption in Poland between 1981 and 1986 was different than during all previous post-war period. Therefore, the analysis of dependence between alcohol psychoses morbidity and alcohol consumption was performed in 2 periods of time: 1956-1980 and 1981-1986. The frequency of the first hospitalization of men with alcohol psychoses for 100,000 of population was accepted as an alcohol psychoses morbidity factor. As an indicator of alcohol consumption the average consumption of all kind of alcohol beverages in conversion to pure alcohol per capita per year was accepted. During the years 1956-1980 such dependence was demonstrated as a square function: y = .3 X2, with the correlation coefficient r = .99, where X designates the average alcohol consumption per person per year. and y denotes the morbidity with alcohol psychoses. During the years 1981-1986 the decline of such dependence was observed (r = .65). In 1981 there was rapid decrease of alcohol consumption; such decrease intensified slightly in 1982. This went with deep decline of alcohol psychoses morbidity. In the years 1983-1985 rapid increase of alcohol psychoses morbidity incomparable with a slight increase of alcohol consumption was found. In 1986 small alcohol consumption was accompanied with inconsiderable fall of morbidity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Jaroszewski
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Dziduszko
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Muszyńska-Kutner
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D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology*
Spozycie alkoholu a zapadalność na psychozy alkoholowe w Polsce w latach 1956-1986.