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Read the following case study and answer the questions to the best of your ability. The assignment may be emailed to the instructor as an attachment. The deadline for submission is due Friday, May 11th at 11:00 p.m.
Case Summary
During 2011-2013, behavioral risk factor surveys were conducted in 28 states and the District of Columbia. The surveys were designed to gather data on the prevalence of specific behavioral risk factors in the adult population (18 years of age) in each state. Since 2011, several states have been collecting risk factor data on a monthly basis as part of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The following analysis was based on the 12 states that collected data on drinking and driving and/or binge drinking for 2011 and 2013. For the purposes of this analysis, the prevalence of drinking and driving and of binge drinking were based on the percentage of persons selecting the answer "One or more times" when asked the following questions:
For drinking and driving:
"During the past month, how many times have you driven when you likely had too much to drink?"
For binge drinking:
"Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, that is beer, wine, liquor, as drinks, how many times during the past month did you have five or more drinks on an occasion?"
Ten of the 12 states that gathered data on binge drinking in 2011 and 2013 also gathered data on drinking and driving. The prevalence of drinking and driving was analyzed by age and sex, in 2011 and 2013 for these 10 states. The prevalence of binge drinking was measured by age and sex in 2011 and 2013 for all 12 states. The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test for paired measurements was used to evaluate observed changes in the prevalence of drinking and driving and binge drinking in this group of states.
All states reporting drinking and driving data showed a decrease in that behavior among males 35 to 54 years of age between 2011 and 2013 (decrease = 10/10). However, the decrease was not consistent among either males 18 to 34 years of age (5/10) or males greater than or equal to 55 years of age (5/10). For both years, women had a lower prevalence than men, but the proportion of states showing a decrease in drinking and driving among women was not statistically significant for any of the three age groups.
Between 2011 and 2013, a significant proportion (p = .05) of the 12 states reporting binge drinking, data showed a decrease in the prevalence of binge drinking among men 18 to 34 years of age (10/12) and men 35 to 54 years of age (10/12). A majority of states showed a decrease in binge drinking among men greater than or equal to 55 years of age (8/12), but this change was not statistically significant. A majority of states also showed a decrease in binge drinking for women in each age group, but this decrease was statistically significant (p = .01) only among women 18 to 34 years of age.
Questions
1. Do you think that the drinking and driving and the binge drinking rates reported in this study are similar to adults in the same age ranges throughout the rest of the United States? Explain your answer. (5 points).
2. What type of study is used to examine these behaviors? (2 points)
4. From a public health perspectives, what do the data in this study mean? (8 points)
Explanation / Answer
1. Drinking and driving/ Binge drinking rates not found to be similar,
a. changes in age group differs
b.decrease portion rate varies e.g. for age group 35 to 54 drink and driving decrease rate 10/10 , for Binge drinking is 10/12
C. Drink and driving women are not statistically significant all aare significant
d. Binge drinking women statistically significant p=0.1 age group 18-34
e. binge drinking analysed in 12 states but drink and drive analysed in 10 states
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