Alcohol and crack cocaine use in women: a 14-year cross-sectional study.
This article aims to describe the record type for first-time hospital admissions of 761 women at a single institution between 1997 and 2010 according to International Classification of Diseases, 10(th) revision, criteria, for mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19). This cross-sectional study included a convenience sample of 4,736 patients in the Brazilian public health system, among whom 761 were women. Overall, the rate of alcohol-related hospitalizations decreased from 93.6% in 1997 to 50.9% in 2010. In contrast, the rate of crack cocaine-related hospitalizations increased in women from 2.8% in 1997 to 67.8% in 2010. The linear regression was R(2) = 0.8472. These data indicate a new trend in the pattern of psychoactive substance use in women.
a National Institute for Public Policies on Alcohol and Other Drugs , São Paulo , Brazil.
Márcio Mariano
MM
Moreira
Gerson Laurindo
GL
Barbosa
Ronaldo
R
Laranjeira
Sandro Sendin
SS
Mitsuhiro
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012922:Social Change; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016387:Women's Health / Q000639:trends*
D016578:Crack Cocaine
Women; alcohol; cocaine; consumption; crack; drugs