Aims: To examine if and how the drinking habits of older people aged 60–79 years in Sweden have changed during 2004–2017, with a specific focus on age groups and gender. Data and measures: A Swedish, nationally representative, repeated cross-sectional telephone survey covering the years 2004–2017 (n = 225,134) was used. Four aspects of alcohol consumption were investigated: proportion of alcohol consumers, frequency of drinking, amount per drinking occasion, and prevalence of heavy episodic drinking. Results: Three of the four measures investigated showed increases in alcohol consumption in the older age groups, particularly among women. Proportion of alcohol consumers, frequency of drinking and prevalence of heavy episodic drinking during the past month increased in most older age groups among both women and men, while the average amount per drinking occasion remained stable. Thus, total consumption in older age groups has increased over time, since the proportion of drinkers and the frequency of drinking has increased. Increases were particularly marked among women and in the age groups 70–74 and 75–79 years. In age groups below 60 years, these measures showed either declines or stability. Conclusions: There has been a steady increase in alcohol consumption across all the older age groups studied, which implies that the changing drinking habits are not isolated only to certain birth cohorts. Instead there seems to be a continuous shift in older people’s drinking habits which can be expected to continue. However, these increases are from very low levels, and older people’s drinking is still at modest levels. Public health implications must be studied further.

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国家报告：瑞典老年人饮酒习惯趋势，2004-2017 年

目的：调查瑞典 60-79 岁老年人的饮酒习惯是否以及如何在 2004-2017 年间发生变化，特别关注年龄组和性别。数据和措施：使用了涵盖 2004-2017 年的瑞典具有全国代表性的反复横断面电话调查（n = 225,134）。对饮酒的四个方面进行了调查：饮酒者的比例、饮酒频率、每次饮酒的量和重度饮酒的流行率。结果：所调查的四项措施中的三项显示，老年人的饮酒量有所增加，尤其是女性。在过去一个月中，大多数老年组的女性和男性饮酒者的比例、饮酒频率和重度偶尔饮酒的流行率都有所增加，而每次饮酒的平均量保持稳定。因此，随着饮酒者的比例和饮酒频率的增加，老年组的总消费量随着时间的推移而增加。女性以及 70-74 岁和 75-79 岁年龄组的增长尤为显着。在 60 岁以下的年龄组中，这些指标要么下降，要么稳定。结论：在所研究的所有老年人群中，酒精消费量一直在稳步增加，这意味着饮酒习惯的变化不仅仅局限于某些出生队列。相反，老年人的饮酒习惯似乎在持续发生变化，这种变化有望继续下去。然而，这些增长来自非常低的水平，老年人的饮酒量仍处于适度水平。