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Citation

Petrie DJ, Doran CM, Shakeshaft AP, Sanson-Fisher R. Addict. Behav. 2010; 35(4): 359-362.

Affiliation

University of Dundee, Economic Studies, Dundee, UK; The University of Queensland, School of Population Health QLD 4072, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.10.022

PMID

19931304

Abstract

AIM: To estimate the alcohol-attributable crime and traffic accidents for rural communities in Australia, controlling for potential bias. METHOD: For 20 rural communities in New South Wales, Australia, crime and traffic accident data was obtained from police records along with risky alcohol use estimated from a postal questionnaire. The relationship between community levels of risky drinking and crime and traffic accidents that occur in alcohol-related times is analysed controlling for the underlying level of crime by using the rate of incidents that occur in non-alcohol-related times. FINDINGS: For the 20 rural communities, it was estimated that risky alcohol use is likely to have attributed to between 1.4 and 7.7 common assaults per 1000 population and between 0.6 and 1.8 serious traffic injuries or fatalities per 1000 population, every year. CONCLUSIONS: Rural communities in Australia are experiencing a sizeable amount of potentially avoidable harm due to risky alcohol use. Reducing the population levels of those drinking at risk of acute harm or improving the settings in which drinking takes place may have benefits for these communities, especially in terms of crime and traffic accidents.


Language: en

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