Prevalence of ICD-10 harmful use of alcohol and alcohol dependence among the rural population in Udmurtia

Abstract

A sample of 855 rural adult inhabitants in Udmurtia was interviewed by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 1:1 (CIDI) to investigate the incidence and prevalence of alcohol-related disorders. Harmful use of alcohol and alcohol dependence affected 37.1% of the population according to ICD-10 and DSM-III-R in a lifetime period. The incidence of alcohol dependence in the previous year was 0.8% (1.4% in men, 0.4% in women). Alcohol-related disorders were more common in men (72.6%) than in women (10.3%). Correlates of alcohol dependence were sex (69.3% in men, 3.7% in women), lower education (40.1%) and being divorced in men (77.8%). Alcohol dependence had a high comorbidity with social phobia in Udmurt men and with depression in Russian men.