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Table 4 Screening and brief intervention among drinkers who talked to a health care provider in the past year, percent1

From: Screening and brief intervention for alcohol use disorder risk in three middle-income countries

Variable

Brazil

China

South Africa

Total

(n = 1,046)

CAGE = 0 (n = 555)

CAGE ≥ 1 (n = 491)

Total

(n = 308)

CAGE = 0 (n = 214)

CAGE ≥ 1 (n = 94)

Total

(n = 457)

CAGE = 0 (n = 121)

CAGE ≥ 1 (n = 336)

Alcohol use screening in past year (%)

24.9

25.0

24.8

38.0

33.5

48.3*

15.7

6.6

19.0**

Brief intervention in past year (%)

5.9

2.5

9.8**

22.0

18.0

31.5*

10.2

1.7

13.2**

  1. 1Percentages are weighted, while subsample (n) sizes are unweighted
  2. *p < .05, **p < .01; Statistical tests compared percentages among drinkers with and without any CAGE symptoms within each country