title: Do drinking surveys predict changes in population-based alcohol problem indicators?
abstract: We examined per capita alcohol consumption and survey-based measures of alcohol use in Ontario in relation to indicators of alcohol problems for the period 1977-1997. Per capita consumption and percentage of daily drinkers were significantly related to problem indicators, but percentage of drinkers and percentage of heavy drinkers were not. Of the measures we examined, per capita consumption was the strongest indicator of alcohol problems.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Addiction Research Foundation Division, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Suurvali
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003625:Data Collection; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology