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Alcohol Consumption and its Correlates Among Residents of Mining Town, Kitwe, Zambia: 2011 Population Based Survey

Cosmas Zyaambo1, Olusegun Babaniyi2, Peter Songolo3, Adamson S. Muula4, Emmanuel Rudatsikira5 and Seter Siziya6
  • 1 University of Zambia, Zambia
  • 2 World Health Organization Country Office, Zambia
  • 3 University of Malawi, Zambia
  • 4 University of Malawi, Malawi
  • 5 Andrews University, United States
  • 6 Copperbelt University, Zambia

Abstract

Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, liver cirrhosis and cancers. It has also been associated with risky sexual behaviors, hence, attributed as a factor in the increase of HIV incidence and prevalence. A cross sectional study was conducted using a modified World Health Organizations Global Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) Surveillance Initiative NCD-STEPs 1and 2. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the determinants of alcohol consumption. A total of 1627 individuals participated in the survey, of which 42.3% were males. Some 22.3% (36.2% of male and 12.1% of female; p<0.001) participants reported to have consumed alcohol during the 30 days preceding the survey. The factors considered to be associated with alcohol consumption were age, sex and smoking. Compared to respondents age 25-34 years, respondents of age 35-44 years were 38% (AOR = 1.38, 95%CI [1.11, 1.70]) more likely to report having consumed alcohol and those aged 45 years or older were 26% (AOR = 0.74, 95%CI [0.60, 0.93]) less likely to report having consumed alcohol. Female respondents were 47% (AOR = 0.53, 95%CI [0.46, 0.60]) less likely to report consuming alcohol compared to male respondents. Compared to respondents who reported smoking cigarettes, those who did not smoke cigarettes were 51% (AOR = 0.49, 95%CI [0.40, 0.59]) less likely to consume alcohol. The rate of alcohol consumption is high in this mining town. Factors identified in this study as associated with alcohol consumption, i.e., male sex, age, cigarette smoking, should be considered in designing interventions to curtail the level of alcohol consumption.

Current Research in Medicine
Volume 4 No. 1, 2013, 6-11

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/amjsp.2013.6.11

Submitted On: 8 May 2012 Published On: 29 January 2013

How to Cite: Zyaambo, C., Babaniyi, O., Songolo, P., Muula, A. S., Rudatsikira, E. & Siziya, S. (2013). Alcohol Consumption and its Correlates Among Residents of Mining Town, Kitwe, Zambia: 2011 Population Based Survey. Current Research in Medicine, 4(1), 6-11. https://doi.org/10.3844/amjsp.2013.6.11

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Keywords

  • Smoking
  • Adults
  • Urban Community
  • Developing Country