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National Healthcare Agreement: PI 07-Proportion of adults at risk of long-term harm from alcohol, 2012

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Definition

Proportion of adults at risk of long-term harm from alcohol

Indicator Summary

Numerator
Number of persons aged 18 years or over assessed as having an alcohol consumption pattern that puts them at risk of long term alcohol-related harm.
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Denominator
Population aged 18 years or over
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Computation

'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 to the 2001 Australian …

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Disaggregation

State and territory, by:

  • Indigenous status
  • remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
  • SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles

Nationally, by SEIFA IRSD deciles

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.
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Calculation rules

Computation Rule
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 to the 2001 Australian population.

Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index 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.
Numerators
Number of persons aged 18 years or over assessed as having an alcohol consumption pattern that puts them at risk of long term alcohol-related harm.
Denominators
Population aged 18 years or over
Disaggregation

State and territory, by:

  • Indigenous status
  • remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
  • SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles

Nationally, by SEIFA IRSD deciles

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

References


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