Definition
Proportion of adults at risk of long-term harm from alcohol
Indicator Summary
'At risk of long term alcohol related harm' is defined according to the 2001 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines: for males, equivalent to 29 or more drinks per week, and for females, 15 or more drinks per week.
Excludes people who have not consumed alcohol in past 12 months.
Rates are directly age-standardised.
Analysis by remoteness and …
State and territory, by:
- Indigenous status
- remoteness
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
Disaggregations within individual jurisdictions are subject to data quality considerations. Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication.
Calculation rules
- Description
'At risk of long term alcohol related harm' is defined according to the 2001 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines: for males, equivalent to 29 or more drinks per week, and for females, 15 or more drinks per week.
Excludes people who have not consumed alcohol in past 12 months.
Rates are directly age-standardised.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Indicator of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person.
Presented as a percentage
95% confidence intervals and relative standard errors are calculated for rates.
State and territory, by:
- Indigenous status
- remoteness
- SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
Disaggregations within individual jurisdictions are subject to data quality considerations. Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication.
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