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Table 4 Drinking behaviours among medical doctors in different Western countries.

From: Use of tobacco and alcohol by Swiss primary care physicians: a cross-sectional survey

 

Drinker (%)

At risk drinker (%)

Non drinker (%)

Swiss primary care physicians (2002)7 (n = 1784)

66 1

30 1

4

American physicians (1984)7 (n = 337) [16]

86

10 2

4

American physicians (1989–90)7 (n = 5426) [13]

68 3

9 3

23

American physicians (2002)7 (n = 104) [15]

66 4

8 4

26

American cardiologist (2004)7 (n = 471) [7]

69

3 5

28

Finnish physicians (1986)7 (n = 2671) [14]

76

16 6

8

  1. 1: based on the AUDIT-C score.
  2. 2: > 61 drinks/month.
  3. 3: drinker: drinking at least once during the past month; at risk drinker: ≥ 5 drinks/day at least once during the past month.
  4. 4: drinker: drinking ≥ 4 days/month during the past year; at risk drinker: ≥ 5 drinks at least once during the past month.
  5. 5: 3–4 drinks/day.
  6. 6: >200 g. alcohol/week.
  7. 7: year of survey
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