- How do geographic areas within your county compare on consumption data? Do any stand out as high or low? Discuss differences.
- What does the trend data available for the consumption suggest in the different geographic areas? Is the problem increasing, decreasing, or staying the same? Discuss differences and patterns.
- Do the consumption in some geographic areas appear to be more of a problem than in others? Why?
- Are there differences in patterns of consumption between age groups?
- Are there differences in patters of consumption between gender?
- Are there differences in patterns of consumption between age and gender and location?
Monday, November 17, 2008
UVU Consumption Rates
Review UVU Consumption Rate Data at - http://sites.google.com/site/utahcountycoalition/data-collection-workgroup). Answer the following questions:
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NOTE: RESPONSES ARE FROM DR. DON FAIRBANKS
1. How do geographic areas within your county compare on consumption data? Do any stand out as high or low? Discuss differences.
ALCOHOL and NARCOTICS: geographic data not available
2.What does the trend data available for the consumption suggest in the different geographic areas? Is the problem increasing, decreasing, or staying the same? Discuss differences and patterns.
ALCOHOL and NARCOTICS: 2007 only - no trend data.
3.Do the consumption in some geographic areas appear to be more of a problem than in others? Why?
ALCOHOL and NARCOTICS: see comment on question 1.
4.Are there differences in patterns of consumption between age groups?
ALCOHOL: Alcohol use drops from freshman 10.4% to junior 9%. Seniors jump to 12%. Same trend with the use of alcohol specifically to get drunk; fr 7%, to jr 4.4% to sr 9.8%
NARCOTICS: Nonmedical use of narcotics jumps from freshman to senior (doubles) 8.2% to 16.8%. This most likely represents a learned behavior.
The use of prescription narcotics at doses higher than the provider intended also doubles from 4% to 10% going from fr to sr.
- Use of prescription narcotics for unrelated injuries doubles from freshmen to seniors; 8% to 17%
- The use of some one else’s prescription narcotics more than doubles going from freshman to seniors, 7% to 17%.
- 86% say they are taking prescription narcotics as prescribed and 93% say they are taking prescription narcotics appropriately. This flies in the face of the above statistics. Does this indicate some misunderstanding of what is appropriate?
- The biggest source of prescription narcotics is from friends. There was very little internet acquisition of narcotics. Very few admit to lying to providers to get meds, very few admit to doctor shopping.
5. Are there differences in patters of consumption between gender?
ALCOHOL and NARCOTICS: Gender data not available
6.Are there differences in patterns of consumption between age and gender and location?
ALCOHOL and NARCOTICS: Gender and location data not available. See comments under question #4 for age analysis
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