Abstract
Goal: in present article comparative analysis of trends in alcohol-related problems rates (violent mortality, fatal alcohol poisonings, alcoholic psychoses), alcohol sales per capita, socioeconomic parameters in Russia and Belarus in soviet (1970-1991) and post-soviet (1992-2015) periods were analyzed.
 Materials and methods. As indicators of alcohol problems were used the mortality rate from external causes, the mortality rate from acute alcohol poisoning and the incidence of alcoholic psychoses. As an integral indicator characterizing the health status of the population was used the indicator of life expectancy at birth.
 Results: the results of correlation analysis suggest that alcohol sales is a statistically significant associated with alcohol-related problems rates in both countries during the Soviet period. However, there was no relationship between this variables during the post-Soviet period. The outcomes of this study indicate that psychosocial distress and macroeconomy were important determinants of fluctuations in alcohol-related problems rates in both countries. In the context of alcohol policy this mean that decrease in economic and physical availability of alcohol should be considered as a main priority.
Highlights
Goal: in present article comparative analysis of trends in alcohol-related problems rates, alcohol sales per capita, socioeconomic parameters in Russia and Belarus in soviet (1970-1991) and post-soviet (1992-2015) periods were analyzed
Results: the results of correlation analysis suggest that alcohol sales is a statistically significant associated with alcohol-related problems rates in both countries during the Soviet period
The outcomes of this study indicate that psychosocial distress and macroeconomy were important determinants of fluctuations in alcohol-related problems rates in both countries
Summary
Цель: в настоящей работе проведен сравнительный анализ уровня и динамики косвенных индикаторов алкогольных проблем (уровень насильственной смертности, смертности от острых алкогольных отравлений, уровень заболеваемости алкогольными психозами) в России и Беларуси в советский (1970-1991 гг.) и постсоветский (1992-2015 гг.) периоды с целью изучения влияния на динамику этих показателей уровня продажи алкоголя и психосоциального дистресса. Goal: in present article comparative analysis of trends in alcohol-related problems rates (violent mortality, fatal alcohol poisonings, alcoholic psychoses), alcohol sales per capita, socioeconomic parameters in Russia and Belarus in soviet (1970-1991) and post-soviet (1992-2015) periods were analyzed. В настоящей работе проведен сравнительный анализ уровня и динамики косвенных индикаторов алкогольных проблем в России и Беларуси в советский (с 1970 по 1991 годы) и постсоветский (с 1992 по 2015 годы) периоды с целью изучения влияния на динамику этих показателей уровня продажи алкоголя и психосоциального дистресса. Таблица 1 Средний уровень различных индикаторов алкогольных проблем в России и Беларуси
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