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Objective
Obtain reliable prevalence rates on:– Frequency and volume of drinking– Harmful drinking patterns– Harm from own drinking– Harm from others’ drinking
Methodology
• Representative sample 4,843 respondents aged 18-64 years
• Fieldwork Oct 2010 – June 2011
• Response rate – 60%
• Demographics – gender, age, education, marital status and social class
Frequency of drinking
• 87% (89% males, 85% females) were current drinkers– Highest among females aged 18-24 years (94%) – Lowest among females aged 50-64 years (79%)
• 31% of men and 21% of women consumed alcohol at least twice weekly
Volume of drinking
• 24% consumed 1-2 standard drinks/drinking occasion – Most common among adults aged 50-64 years (34%)
• 27% consumed 7+ standard drinks/drinking occasion– Highest among males 18-24 years (60%) and 25-34 years (48%)
Harmful drinking patterns
• Risky Single Occasion Drinking (binge drinking)
• AUDIT-C screening tool
• RAPS – used to screen for dependence
Risky Single Occasion Drinking (RSOD)
• 45% of adults aged 18-64 engaged in RSOD at least once per month in the year prior to the survey
• This corresponds to 52% of drinkers – 64% of male drinkers– 39% of female drinkers
• RSOD was most common among 18-24-year-olds (72%)
AUDIT-C screening tool
• 50% of adults aged 18-64 scored positive for harmful drinking using the AUDIT-C screening tool
• This corresponds to 58% of drinkers– 71% of male drinkers – 44% of female drinkers
AUDIT-C: gender and age
18–24 25–34 35–49 50–640
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
75
62
5448
8276
67 6568
4840
29
All
Males
Females
Age group
%
RAPS screening tool
• 23% reported feelings of guilt or remorse • 24% reported that friends/family told them about things
they said/did that they did not remember • 12% reported that they failed to do what was normally
expected • 2% reported that they needed a first drink in the morning
• Two or more positive scores (18%)– 23% males, 14% females
• Three or more positive scores (7%)
RAPS screening tool: gender and age
18–24 25–34 35–49 50–640
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
5043
23
117
47
31
1511
40
16
83
All
Males
Females
Age group
%
Alcohol consumption by demographics
• Education and social class did not predict harmful drinking patterns
• Single drinkers were more likely to drink in a harmful manner than married drinkers of the same age – 75% of single drinkers aged 18-34 years had a positive AUDIT-C
score compared with 54% of married/cohabiting drinkers of the same age
Harm from own drinking
Six harms – harm to health, home life, work, friendships, being involved in an accident or fight
• 20% experienced at least one of these harms as a result of their drinking– 26% males, 14% females
• 13% reported harm to health – Most common among those aged 18-24 years (24%)
• Males aged 18-24 years were most likely to have been in a fight (24%) or an accident (11%)
Harm from others’ drinking
Five harms – family and money problems, being assaulted, being a passenger with a drunk driver, property vandalised
• 27% experienced harm as a result of someone else’s drinking
• 14% reported family problems– Most common among females aged 25-34 years (19%) and males
and females aged 18-24 years (18%)
Summary
• Most adults aged 18-64 years consumed alcohol with older females most likely to abstain from alcohol
• According to the AUDIT-C screening tool the majority of drinkers consumed alcohol in a harmful manner, which is consistent with previous research
• Harmful drinking patterns were most common among those aged 18-24 years
• Males were most likely to experience alcohol-related harm from their and others’ drinking