Brad Kerridge, Ph.D.

May 09, 2023

Background

The Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System (AEDS) is a contract-funded effort in support of the NIAAA mission to provide in-house statistical analysis and programming support for use by NIAAA staff who are conducting alcohol-related epidemiologic research. The current AEDS contract is administered by CSR, Inc. and provides NIAAA staff technical support including expert statistical analysis and statistical programming to facilitate publication by NIAAA staff of secondary analyses of epidemiologic surveys and other data reports and scientific journals.

Areas of Support

The contract supports alcohol-related epidemiologic research in numerous scientific areas including but not limited to:

• Alcohol-related morbidity and mortality.
• Alcohol-related unintentional and intentional injuries.
• Alcohol screening and brief interventions.
• Alcohol-related health disparities.
• Interactions between alcohol and lifestyle risk factors including diet, exercise and smoking.

Surveillance Reports and Data Directory

AEDS Reports are well-established mechanisms by which researchers, policy makers and other interested individuals track alcohol-related information over time.  Surveillance reports on three topics are produced:

• Apparent per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages
• Liver cirrhosis mortality
• Trends in underage drinking in the United States

Samples of Surveillance Reports Produced by AEDS:

• Alcohol Sales During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Apparent Per Capita Alcohol Consumption: National, State and Regional Trends 1977-2020
• Liver Cirrhosis Mortality in the United States: National, State, Regional Trends: 2000-2019
• Trends in Underage Drinking in the United States, 1991-2019
• Trends in Alcohol-Related Morbidity Among Community Hospital Discharges, United States 2000-2015
• Trends in Substance Use Among Reproductive-Age Females in the United States, 2002-2015

Data Directory and Storage of Reports

The Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Directory is a report that provides a current listing of surveys and other relevant data suitable for epidemiologic research on alcohol.  The contractor also warehouses hard copies of publications such as County Alcohol Problem Indicators; State Trends in Alcohol-Related Mortality; US Apparent Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages, and others.

Technical Support for Epidemiologic Research and Queries

Technical support in the form of statistical analyses and programming and scientific writing are performed to support NIAAA staff in projects that result in data-related products including data tables and in scientific manuscripts which may be published in peer-reviewed journals.