Meeting the Global NCD Target of at Least 10% Relative Reduction in the Harmful Use of Alcohol: Is the WHO European Region on Track?

Charlotte Probst, Jakob Manthey, Maria Neufeld, Jürgen Rehm, João Breda, Ivo Rakovac and Carina Ferreira-Borges
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Charlotte Probst: Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Jakob Manthey: Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Maria Neufeld: Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
Jürgen Rehm: Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada
João Breda: Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course WHO European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Office), 125009 Moscow, Russia
Ivo Rakovac: Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course WHO European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Office), 125009 Moscow, Russia
Carina Ferreira-Borges: Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course WHO European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Office), 125009 Moscow, Russia

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: Background: The Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases set the target of an “at least 10% relative reduction in the harmful use of alcohol, as appropriate, within the national context”. This study investigated progress in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region towards this target based on two indicators: (a) alcohol per capita consumption (APC) and (b) the age-standardized prevalence of heavy episodic drinking (HED). Methods: Alcohol exposure data for the years 2010–2017 were based on country-validated data and statistical models. Results: Between 2010 and 2017, the reduction target for APC has been met with a decline by −12.4% (95% confidence interval (CI) −17.2, −7.0%) in the region. This progress differed greatly across the region with no decline for the EU-28 grouping (−2.4%; 95% CI −12.0, 7.8%) but large declines for the Eastern WHO EUR grouping (−26.2%; 95% CI −42.2, −8.1%). Little to no progress was made concerning HED, with an overall change of −1.7% (−13.7% to 10.2%) in the WHO European Region. Conclusions: The findings indicate a divergence in alcohol consumption reduction in Europe, with substantial progress in the Eastern part of the region and very modest or no progress in EU countries.

Keywords: alcohol control policy; alcohol consumption; NCD goals; WHO European Region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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