Alcohol Consumption in Spatial Dimension

Abstract

The objective of this study is to present the Prevalent Rate of alcohol Consumption in Phayao through the Spatial dimension. The number of a sampling group is 4,830. Those are Phayao population aged between 10 and 70 years old. The study presents the result analysis with the Prevalent Rate, Moran's Index and Kernel Density Estimation. The study finds that the prevalence of alcohol consumption of Phayao population is 54.6 and the Spatial Distribution Pattern of consumption is a random pattern. The alcohol consumption is prevalent in the north and the west of Phayao, especially municipality of Mueang Phayao district, Dok Khamtai district and Chiang Kham district. The output of the study shall be deemed as an academic research. It is to examine the real situation of the alcohol consumption in Phayao province. This can be further used as for decision-making on planning, preventing, controlling and monitoring problem.