Substance Use and Misuse
Volume 32, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 849-876

Ethnic differences in substance use and alcohol-use-related mortality among first generation migrants to england and wales (Article)

Harrison L.* , Sutton M. , Gardiner E.
  • a Institute of Health Studies, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom, World Hlth. Organization's UK C., University of York, University of Hull, United Kingdom, University of Hull, United Kingdom, Brunel University, United Kingdom, University of Essex, United Kingdom, UK Economic Social Res. Council's A., United Kingdom
  • b Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York YO1 5DD, United Kingdom
  • c Institute of Health Studies, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, United Kingdom

Abstract

Epidemiological studies among migrant ethnic groups are potentially important as a way to provide insight into the relative importance of genetic, cultural, and socioeconomic factors in the etiology of substance use disorders. This paper summarizes prior United Kingdom studies of the prevalence of substance-use-associated problems in different ethnic groups before analyzing trends in recent mortality data by country of birth. On this evidence, rates of alcohol-related mortality may be marginally higher for those born in the Caribbean than for the native British, but are substantially raised for those born in Ireland and the Indian subcontinent. There is some indication that rates for the Caribbean and possibly the Irish groups have risen more rapidly than for the national population over a 12- year period. These differences in mortality rates seem to have arisen for complex reasons.

Author Keywords

Ethnicity England and Wales Alcohol-related mortality

Index Keywords

United Kingdom controlled study priority journal substance abuse ethnic difference alcohol consumption prevalence Article mortality human migration
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0030791670&doi=10.3109%2f10826089709055862&partnerID=40&md5=e677326f003ae5828ea749d6af0133ff
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709055862
ISSN: 10826084
Cited by: 23
Original Language: English