Definition
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 to the 2001 Australian …
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.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 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.
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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