ConclusionsRural areais the focusof public health. Women, the elderlypopulation, lowincomegroups, lowereducated groups andunemployed people have the priority of healthinterventions.
The researchers note that people who live alone, are unemployed, are less educated, and were born in the U.S. are all more likely to drink alcohol (and more of it).
One reason is that pecking orders matter more than in most other rich countries: income distribution is very unequal and the unemployed, disaffected, ill-educated rump is comparatively large.