title: Changes in alcohol consumption between 2009 and 2014 assessed with the AUDIT.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Alcohol habits in Sweden, assessed as sales and estimates of unrecorded consumption, have changed since joining the EU. Earlier studies using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) showed that reported consumption is consistent with sales data, which makes it possible to assess consumption according to sex and age.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study reports the changes in alcohol habits between 2009 and 2014, a period starting a couple of years after Sweden joined the EU.
  
  
  METHODS
  The AUDIT was sent to a random sample of the Swedish population aged between 17 and 80 years old.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No statistically significant changes were shown in six age and sex groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Alcohol habits have stabilised in Sweden but on a higher consumption level than before.
authors.affiliation: STAD, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet, Sweden hakan.kallmen@sll.se.
authors.forename: Håkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Källmén
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wennberg
authors.affiliation: The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN), Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramstedt
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health Intervention Research (EPHIR), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hallgren
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003132:Commerce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; Alcohol consumption; Swedish population