Alcohol use, drunkenness and tobacco smoking in rural western Kenya

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• Alternative Title:
  Trop Med Int Health
• Personal Author:
  Lo, T. Q. ; Oeltmann, J. E. ; Odhiambo, F. O. ; Beynon, C. ; Pevzner, E. ; Cain, K. P. ; Laserson, K. F. ; Phillips-Howard, P. A.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES
  
  To describe the prevalence of smoking and alcohol use and abuse in an impoverished rural region of western Kenya.
  
  METHODS
  
  Picked from a population-based longitudinal database of demographic and health census data, 72 292 adults (≥ 18 years) were asked to self-report their recent (within the past 30 days) and lifetime use of tobacco and alcohol and frequency of recent ‘drunkenness’.
  
  RESULTS
  
  Overall prevalence of ever smoking was 11.2% (11.0–11.5) and of ever drinking, 20.7% (20.4–21.0). The prevalence of current smoking was 6.3% (6.1–6.5); 5.7% (5.5–5.9) smoked daily. 7.3% (7.1–7.5) reported drinking alcohol within the past 30 days. Of these, 60.3% (58.9–61.6) reported being drunk on half or more of all drinking occasions. The percentage of current smokers rose with the number of drinking days in a month (P < 0.0001). Tobacco and alcohol use increased with decreasing socio-economic status and amongst women in the oldest age group (P < 0.0001).
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  
  Tobacco and alcohol use are prevalent in this rural region of Kenya. Abuse of alcohol is common and likely influenced by the availability of cheap, home-manufactured alcohol.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Age Factors Alcohol Drinking Alcoholic Intoxication Female Humans Kenya Male Middle Aged Prevalence Rural Population Sex Factors Smoking Social Class Time Factors Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Drinking Alcohol Rural Smoking Western Kenya
• Source:
  Trop Med Int Health. 18(4):506-515
• Pubmed ID:
  23489316
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8961680
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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