Aim: To analyse prevalence and trends in older people’s (60+) alcohol use in Finland in 1993–2018. Data and method: Data on people aged 65+ were obtained from the Health Behaviour and Health among the Finnish Elderly study (HBHFE) for the years 1993–2011 and from its successor the National FinSote Survey for the years 2013–2018. Data for 60–64-year-olds and for the reference group (20–59-year-olds) were obtained from the Health Behaviour and Health among the Finnish Adult Population (HBHFA) study for the years 1993–2011 and from the FinSote study for the years 2013–2018. Four measures were chosen to describe prevalence and trends in drinking patterns in five-year age groups among men and women aged 60+: prevalence of current drinking, prevalence of frequent drinking, typical amounts of drinking and prevalence of heavy episodic drinking (HED). Results: Regarding prevalence of current drinking and frequent drinking, older women have been catching up with men, but older men still consume larger amounts of alcohol per occasion. The long-lasting increase in the prevalence of current drinkers continued in most older female age groups into the 2010s, settled in most older male and some female age groups, and shifted downwards in the oldest male age groups. In most older male and female age groups, the increasing trend in frequent drinking continued to the present. Data on typical amounts consumed and HED were only available for 2013–2018. In that period those measures remained rather stable. Conclusion: More detailed research on drinking patterns among people aged 60+ years is needed for two reasons: older people’s drinking is a new cultural phenomenon and alcohol-related social and health harms are increasing in older age groups.

中文翻译：

---

1990 年代起 60 岁及以上芬兰人的饮酒模式

目的：分析 1993-2018 年芬兰老年人（60 岁以上）饮酒的流行率和趋势。数据和方法：关于 65 岁以上人群的数据来自 1993-2011 年芬兰老年人的健康行为和健康研究 (HBHFE) 及其后续的 2013-2018 年国家 FinSote 调查。60-64 岁和参考组（20-59 岁）的数据来自 1993-2011 年芬兰成年人口 (HBHFA) 的健康行为和健康研究以及 FinSote 2013-2018 年的研究。选择了四种测量方法来描述 60 岁以上男性和女性 5 岁年龄组饮酒模式的流行率和趋势：当前饮酒流行率、经常饮酒流行率、典型饮酒量和重度间歇性饮酒流行率 (HED)。结果：关于当前饮酒和经常饮酒的流行情况，老年女性一直在追赶男性，但老年男性每次饮酒量仍然较大。到 2010 年代，大多数老年女性年龄组中当前饮酒者的流行率持续上升，在大多数老年男性和一些女性年龄组中稳定下来，并在最年长的男性年龄组中下降。在大多数老年男性和女性年龄组中，经常饮酒的增加趋势一直持续到现在。有关典型消耗量和 HED 的数据仅适用于 2013-2018 年。在那个时期，这些措施保持相当稳定。结论：出于两个原因，需要对 60 岁以上人群的饮酒模式进行更详细的研究：