Methods
Official sales data were collected for 28 regions of BC by four/five week periods (2001 to 2005 fiscal years), by four beverage categories, and by alcohol content. U-Brew data were obtained for each year and city. Home-brew production was estimated from survey data.
Data Sources
1. Alcohol sales data
The BC alcohol sales data were obtained from the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB). The data were collapsed by the LDB into 28 BC regional districts and into 4 or 5 week periods for the fiscal years from 2001 to 2005. The data included the litres of absolute alcohol sold at off-site government and private liquor stores, and on-premise establishments for the fiscal years 2001-2005. Alcohol sales were broken down by type of beverage (beer, ciders/coolers, wines and spirits), and within each beverage type, with groupings based on the percent of alcohol for each product. The number of establishments by take-out premises (take-out government liquor stores and private liquor stores) and two categories of on-premise sales were also included.
2. U-Brew/U-Vin data
The Liquor Control and Licensing Board provided U-Brew/U-Vin data by BC municipalities. The volume of absolute alcohol from U-Brew/U-Vin production was calculated with conversion factors of 5.0% for beer and cider, and 12.0% for wine.
3. Population data
Population data by regional district included population estimates (1986-2005) and projections (2006-2031) from BC Statistics (2006). The datasets consisted of population counts from the 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001 Censuses of Canada, and population projections which contain estimates from 1986 to 2005, and projections for years 2006-2031. All figures are as of July 1st of the year stated (e.g., data for 1999/2000 include the census year from July 1st to June 30th).
4. Canadian Addiction Survey
A secondary analysis was conducted on data from the Canadian Addiction Survey (Health Canada, 2004). This data was used to estimate per adult consumption of beverages from home brew.
 Dr. Scott Macdonald
Assistant Director, Center for Addictions Research of BC
Associate Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria
Phone: (250) 472-5933
Dr. Macdonald, formerly of the London office of the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, is a recognized expert in epidemiological research methods and substance use, and will help support a research program using population health, epidemiology and survey research methods to advance knowledge of the epidemiology of and consequences of alcohol, tobacco and drug use and abuse across the lifespan. On August 1, 2005, an Assistant Director of Research, Dr. Scott Macdonald, joined the Centre for Addictions Research of BC. Dr. Macdonald is a faculty member in the School of Health Information Science at UVic.
 Dr. Tim Stockwell
Director, CARBC
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria
Phone: (250) 472-5445
Dr. Stockwell directs the Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia (CARBC) a multi-site and multi-campus network dedicated to research, knowledge exchange and the advancement of public policy on substance use issues. He also holds a position as Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Victoria and is co-leader of the BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Network. Dr. Stockwell has published over 200 research papers, book chapters and monographs, plus several books on prevention and treatment issues. Dr. Stockwell is a qualified clinical psychologist who accomplished both clinical and research work in the UK before spending 16 years with Australia’s National Drug Research Institute as Deputy Director and then Director. Dr. Stockwell studied Psychology and Philosophy at Oxford University and obtained a PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, in 1980. He is currently President of the international Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol.
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