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Table 1 Parameter estimates from Log-Normal, Gamma, and Weibull models for women from 43 datasets

From: Determining the best population-level alcohol consumption model and its impact on estimates of alcohol-attributable harms

 

Log-Normal model parameter estimates

Gamma model parameter estimates

Weibull model parameter estimates

Country

Mean

Standard deviation

Scale

Shape

Scale

Shape

Argentina

0.14

1.93

9.17

0.48

2.92

0.60

Australia

0.57

1.88

11.75

0.51

4.33

0.64

Australia 1

0.47

1.57

8.57

0.56

3.55

0.67

Austria

1.91

0.92

8.45

1.26

10.85

1.05

Belize

0.64

1.51

13.44

0.50

4.17

0.62

Brazil

1.09

2.10

36.30

0.41

8.18

0.54

Canada

1.06

1.41

9.92

0.69

5.78

0.77

Costa Rica

-0.28

1.81

7.20

0.45

1.88

0.57

Czech Republic

1.04

1.70

16.47

0.54

6.49

0.66

Denmark

1.37

1.40

9.37

0.84

7.46

0.89

ECAS: Finland

1.07

1.20

6.51

0.88

5.26

0.87

ECAS: France

0.94

1.56

10.94

0.63

5.51

0.72

ECAS: Germany

1.05

1.34

9.21

0.72

5.53

0.78

ECAS: Italy

1.37

1.59

15.91

0.64

8.45

0.74

ECAS: Sweden

0.90

1.17

4.23

1.02

4.30

0.99

ECAS: UK

1.70

1.48

19.03

0.69

11.13

0.77

Finland

0.47

1.67

7.08

0.61

3.47

0.72

France

1.62

1.05

9.30

0.98

8.75

0.92

Germany

1.30

1.47

12.42

0.70

7.43

0.78

Hungary

-0.82

1.89

4.36

0.44

1.11

0.58

Iceland

0.82

1.31

5.78

0.81

4.23

0.84

India

1.31

2.16

42.29

0.42

10.39

0.55

Ireland

2.01

1.23

15.55

0.91

13.53

0.91

Isle of Man

1.18

1.85

16.98

0.57

7.59

0.69

Israel

-0.05

1.98

12.55

0.40

2.52

0.54

Italy

1.52

1.39

12.97

0.77

8.95

0.83

Japan

-0.15

2.18

14.32

0.37

2.53

0.50

Kazakhstan

-0.52

1.93

6.67

0.42

1.52

0.56

Mexico

-1.15

1.63

5.03

0.37

0.76

0.53

Netherlands

1.44

1.11

8.33

0.94

7.43

0.91

Nicaragua

0.91

1.49

26.83

0.43

5.54

0.57

Nigeria

1.84

2.31

65.85

0.43

18.29

0.56

Norway

0.61

1.58

7.07

0.66

3.85

0.75

Peru

0.16

0.91

1.62

1.18

1.89

0.98

Spain

1.07

1.78

13.31

0.61

6.58

0.72

Sri Lanka

-2.28

1.69

3.31

0.30

0.27

0.46

Sweden

0.44

1.26

4.15

0.79

2.93

0.83

Switzerland

1.39

1.25

8.07

0.93

7.21

0.93

Uganda

0.98

2.09

34.50

0.40

7.39

0.53

Uruguay

0.19

1.90

11.60

0.45

3.10

0.58

USA 1

0.18

1.96

12.42

0.43

3.16

0.56

USA 2

0.30

1.62

11.49

0.47

3.12

0.59

USA 3

0.23

1.67

9.85

0.48

2.94

0.61