Person—alcohol consumption frequency (self-reported), code NN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Alcohol consumption frequency (self reported)
METEOR identifier:	270247
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:	A person's self-reported frequency of alcohol consumption, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—alcohol consumption frequency

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
01	Every day/7 days per week
02	5 to 6 days per week
03	3 to 4 days per week
04	1 to 2 days per week
05	2 to 3 days per month
06	Once per month
07	7 to 11 days in the past year
08	4 to 6 days in the past year
09	2 to 3 days in the past year
10	Once in the past year
11	Never drank any alcoholic beverage in the past year
12	Never in my life

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
99	Not reported

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

The World Health Organisation, in its 2000 International Guide for Monitoring Alcohol Consumption and Related Harm document, suggests that in assessing alcohol consumption patterns a 'Graduated Quantity Frequency' method is preferred. This method requires that questions about the quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption should be asked to help determine short-term and long-term health consequences. This information can be collected (but not confined to) the following ways:

in a clinical setting with questions asked by a primary healthcare professional
as a self-completed questionnaire in a clinical setting
as part of a health survey
as part of a computer aided telephone interview.

It should be noted that, particularly in telephone interviews, the question(s) asked may not be a direct repetition of the Value domain; yet they may still yield a response that could be coded to the full Value domain or a collapsed version of the Value domain.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Cardiovascular Data Working Group

Origin:

Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risks and Benefits, National Health & Medical Research Council, October 2001

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 15/02/2006

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

These data can be used to help determine the overall health profile of an individual or of a population. Certain patterns of alcohol consumption can be associated with a range of social and health problems. These problems include:

social problems such as domestic violence, unsafe sex,
financial and relationship problems,
physical conditions such as high blood pressure, gastrointestinal problems, pancreatitis,
an increased risk of physical injury.

Alcohol can also be a contributor to acute health problems.

Evidence from prospective studies indicates that heavy alcohol consumption is associated with increased mortality and morbidity from coronary heart disease and stroke (Hanna et al 1992). However, there is some evidence to suggest that alcohol appears to provide some protection against heart disease (both illness and death) for both men and women from middle age onwards. Most, if not all, of this benefit is achieved with 1-2 standard drinks per day for men and less than 1 standard drink for women (the National Health and Medical Research Council's Australian Alcohol Guidelines, October 2001).

Where this information is collected by survey and the sample permits, population estimates should be presented by sex and 5-year age groups. Summary statistics may need to be adjusted for age and other relevant variables. It is recommended that, in surveys of alcohol consumption, data on age, sex, and other socio-demographic variables also be collected where it is possible and desirable to do so. It is also recommended that, when alcohol consumption is investigated in relation to health, data on other risk factors including overweight and obesity, smoking, high blood pressure and physical inactivity should be collected. The Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council in October 2001 have defined risk of harm in the short term and long term based on patterns of drinking.

The table below outlines those patterns.

Alcohol consumption shown in the tables is not recommended for people who: - have a condition made worse by drinking,

are on medication,
are under 18 years of age,
are pregnant,
are about to engage in activities involving risk or a degree of skill (e.g. driving, flying, water sports, skiing, operating machinery).

Risk of harm in the short-term
	Low risk (standard drinks)	Risky (standard drinks)	High risk (standard drinks)
Males (on a single occasion)	Up to 6	7 to 10	11 or more
Females (on a single occasion)	Up to 4	5 to 6	7 or more

Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Risk of harm in the long-term

Low risk
(standard drinks)
Risky
(standard drinks)
High risk
(standard drinks)
Males
(on an average day)
Up to 4
5 to 6
7 or more
Overall weekly level
Up to 28
Per week
29 to 42
Per week
43 or more
Per week
Females
(on an average day)
Up to 2
3 to 4
5 or more
Overall weekly level
Up to 14
Per week
15 to 28
Per week
29 or more
Per week
Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

social problems such as domestic violence, unsafe sex,
financial and relationship problems,
physical conditions such as high blood pressure, gastrointestinal problems, pancreatitis,
an increased risk of physical injury.

Alcohol can also be a contributor to acute health problems.

The table below outlines those patterns.

Alcohol consumption shown in the tables is not recommended for people who: - have a condition made worse by drinking,

are on medication,
are under 18 years of age,
are pregnant,
are about to engage in activities involving risk or a degree of skill (e.g. driving, flying, water sports, skiing, operating machinery).

Risk of harm in the short-term
	Low risk (standard drinks)	Risky (standard drinks)	High risk (standard drinks)
Males (on a single occasion)	Up to 6	7 to 10	11 or more
Females (on a single occasion)	Up to 4	5 to 6	7 or more

Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

social problems such as domestic violence, unsafe sex,
financial and relationship problems,
physical conditions such as high blood pressure, gastrointestinal problems, pancreatitis,
an increased risk of physical injury.

Alcohol can also be a contributor to acute health problems.

The table below outlines those patterns.

Alcohol consumption shown in the tables is not recommended for people who: - have a condition made worse by drinking,

are on medication,
are under 18 years of age,
are pregnant,
are about to engage in activities involving risk or a degree of skill (e.g. driving, flying, water sports, skiing, operating machinery).

Risk of harm in the short-term
	Low risk (standard drinks)	Risky (standard drinks)	High risk (standard drinks)
Males (on a single occasion)	Up to 6	7 to 10	11 or more
Females (on a single occasion)	Up to 4	5 to 6	7 or more

Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/09/2012

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

social problems such as domestic violence, unsafe sex,
financial and relationship problems,
physical conditions such as high blood pressure, gastrointestinal problems, pancreatitis,
an increased risk of physical injury.

Alcohol can also be a contributor to acute health problems.

The table below outlines those patterns.

Alcohol consumption shown in the tables is not recommended for people who: - have a condition made worse by drinking,

are on medication,
are under 18 years of age,
are pregnant,
are about to engage in activities involving risk or a degree of skill (e.g. driving, flying, water sports, skiing, operating machinery).

Risk of harm in the short-term
	Low risk (standard drinks)	Risky (standard drinks)	High risk (standard drinks)
Males (on a single occasion)	Up to 6	7 to 10	11 or more
Females (on a single occasion)	Up to 4	5 to 6	7 or more

Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS Health, Superseded 17/10/2018

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

social problems such as domestic violence, unsafe sex,
financial and relationship problems,
physical conditions such as high blood pressure, gastrointestinal problems, pancreatitis,
an increased risk of physical injury.

Alcohol can also be a contributor to acute health problems.

The table below outlines those patterns.

Alcohol consumption shown in the tables is not recommended for people who: - have a condition made worse by drinking,

are on medication,
are under 18 years of age,
are pregnant,
are about to engage in activities involving risk or a degree of skill (e.g. driving, flying, water sports, skiing, operating machinery).

Risk of harm in the short-term
	Low risk (standard drinks)	Risky (standard drinks)	High risk (standard drinks)
Males (on a single occasion)	Up to 6	7 to 10	11 or more
Females (on a single occasion)	Up to 4	5 to 6	7 or more

Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Risk of harm in the long-term

Low risk

(standard drinks)

Risky

(standard drinks)

High risk

(standard drinks)

Males

(on an average day)

Up to 4

5 to 6

7 or more

Overall weekly level

Up to 28

Per week

29 to 42

Per week

43 or more

Per week

Females

(on an average day)

Up to 2

3 to 4

5 or more

Overall weekly level

Up to 14

Per week

15 to 28

Per week

29 or more

Per week

Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 17/10/2018

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

social problems such as domestic violence, unsafe sex,
financial and relationship problems,
physical conditions such as high blood pressure, gastrointestinal problems, pancreatitis,
an increased risk of physical injury.

Alcohol can also be a contributor to acute health problems.

The table below outlines those patterns.

Alcohol consumption shown in the tables is not recommended for people who: - have a condition made worse by drinking,

are on medication,
are under 18 years of age,
are pregnant,
are about to engage in activities involving risk or a degree of skill (e.g. driving, flying, water sports, skiing, operating machinery).

Risk of harm in the short-term
	Low risk (standard drinks)	Risky (standard drinks)	High risk (standard drinks)
Males (on a single occasion)	Up to 6	7 to 10	11 or more
Females (on a single occasion)	Up to 4	5 to 6	7 or more

Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Risk of harm in the long-term

Low risk

(standard drinks)

Risky

(standard drinks)

High risk

(standard drinks)

Males

(on an average day)

Up to 4

5 to 6

7 or more

Overall weekly level

Up to 28

Per week

29 to 42

Per week

43 or more

Per week

Females

(on an average day)

Up to 2

3 to 4

5 or more

Overall weekly level

Up to 14

Per week

15 to 28

Per week

29 or more

Per week

Source: NH&MRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines: Health Risk and Benefits 2001.

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Numerator

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 05-Levels of risky alcohol consumption, 2014 Health, Superseded 14/01/2015

National Indigenous Reform Agreement: P05-Average daily alcohol consumption and associated risk levels; rates of alcohol consumption at long-term risky to high risk levels, 2010 Community Services (retired), Superseded 04/04/2011

National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 04-Levels of risky alcohol consumption, 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 13/12/2013

National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 04-Levels of risky alcohol consumption, 2014 Indigenous, Superseded 24/11/2014

National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 05-Average daily alcohol consumption and associated risk levels; rates of alcohol consumption at long-term risky to high risk levels, 2011 Indigenous, Superseded 01/07/2012

Person—alcohol consumption frequency (self-reported), code NN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

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