Risk alcohol drinking by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | 1st Quintile % (95% CI) | 2nd Quintile % (95% CI) | 3rd Quintile % (95% CI) | 4th Quintile % (95% CI) | 5th Quintile % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 48.8 (39.2-58.4) | 39.1 (31.6-46.6) | 43.7 (36.0-51.5) | 42.8 (36.3-49.2) | 35.6 (28.6-42.6) | 41.9 (38.5-45.4) |
| 1998 | 48.7 (39.0-58.4) | 39.3 (30.8-47.8) | 42.7 (34.8-50.6) | 41.9 (35.3-48.5) | 31.8 (24.5-39.2) | 41.2 (37.7-44.7) | |
| 2002 | 39.9 (29.6-50.1) | 34.7 (25.2-44.3) | 28.1 (21.8-34.4) | 29.5 (24.3-34.8) | 30.0 (24.0-36.1) | 31.6 (28.4-34.8) | |
| 2003 | 30.6 (20.1-41.1) | 34.3 (25.8-42.7) | 30.9 (24.2-37.7) | 36.2 (31.2-41.2) | 34.8 (26.6-42.9) | 33.8 (30.5-37.0) | |
| 2004 | 34.8 (24.4-45.2) | 33.3 (25.0-41.5) | 34.7 (26.1-43.3) | 31.6 (25.2-38.0) | 23.8 (16.4-31.1) | 31.7 (27.9-35.4) | |
| 2005 | 28.8 (22.1-35.5) | 30.9 (24.1-37.7) | 23.6 (17.9-29.3) | 31.2 (25.3-37.2) | 28.2 (21.0-35.4) | 28.6 (25.7-31.4) | |
| 2006 | 35.2 (26.2-44.1) | 35.9 (27.6-44.1) | 33.1 (25.6-40.7) | 34.9 (27.5-42.4) | 29.4 (21.6-37.2) | 33.6 (30.0-37.1) | |
| 2007 | 30.7 (21.9-39.4) | 27.1 (19.4-34.9) | 28.6 (21.0-36.1) | 32.8 (25.8-39.9) | 29.1 (20.5-37.8) | 29.6 (26.0-33.1) | |
| Females | 1997 | 26.2 (20.0-32.4) | 20.3 (14.9-25.8) | 18.8 (14.2-23.4) | 21.2 (17.3-25.2) | 15.0 (10.6-19.4) | 20.4 (18.2-22.6) |
| 1998 | 28.3 (21.7-34.9) | 23.5 (17.9-29.1) | 19.7 (15.1-24.4) | 21.6 (17.5-25.7) | 17.3 (12.5-22.0) | 22.1 (19.7-24.4) | |
| 2002 | 27.0 (18.1-35.9) | 18.6 (12.3-24.9) | 20.1 (14.8-25.5) | 11.2 (8.0-14.4) | 14.7 (11.0-18.4) | 17.1 (14.9-19.4) | |
| 2003 | 28.2 (20.5-36.0) | 15.7 (10.3-21.1) | 14.3 (9.6-19.0) | 18.5 (14.9-22.0) | 16.6 (11.1-22.0) | 18.3 (16.0-20.6) | |
| 2004 | 21.2 (14.2-28.1) | 16.2 (11.0-21.4) | 20.3 (14.5-26.0) | 16.2 (12.1-20.3) | 10.9 (5.2-16.6) | 17.1 (14.6-19.5) | |
| 2005 | 20.4 (15.1-25.7) | 18.3 (13.6-23.0) | 12.9 (9.5-16.3) | 19.2 (15.0-23.3) | 14.5 (10.2-18.9) | 17.3 (15.3-19.2) | |
| 2006 | 26.3 (19.7-33.0) | 20.4 (14.6-26.3) | 15.3 (10.5-20.1) | 17.7 (13.1-22.4) | 12.9 (7.8-17.9) | 18.6 (16.1-21.0) | |
| 2007 | 23.7 (17.0-30.5) | 13.0 (8.8-17.3) | 13.2 (9.3-17.1) | 15.4 (11.1-19.7) | 13.9 (9.2-18.7) | 15.4 (13.3-17.6) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 35.1 (29.5-40.6) | 28.9 (24.3-33.5) | 29.2 (24.9-33.6) | 31.2 (27.5-34.8) | 24.3 (20.3-28.3) | 29.8 (27.8-31.8) |
| 1998 | 36.4 (30.9-42.0) | 30.3 (25.4-35.2) | 30.1 (25.6-34.7) | 31.1 (27.1-35.0) | 23.6 (19.4-27.8) | 30.4 (28.3-32.4) | |
| 2002 | 32.9 (26.1-39.7) | 26.5 (20.7-32.2) | 23.7 (19.6-27.7) | 19.8 (16.8-22.8) | 21.4 (18.0-24.8) | 23.8 (21.8-25.7) | |
| 2003 | 29.1 (22.9-35.4) | 23.8 (19.0-28.6) | 22.3 (18.3-26.3) | 26.5 (23.5-29.5) | 24.9 (20.0-29.8) | 25.1 (23.2-27.1) | |
| 2004 | 27.5 (21.3-33.7) | 24.1 (19.3-28.9) | 26.4 (21.5-31.4) | 23.1 (19.4-26.7) | 16.9 (12.4-21.5) | 23.7 (21.5-25.9) | |
| 2005 | 24.4 (20.1-28.6) | 23.9 (19.9-27.9) | 17.8 (14.6-21.1) | 24.4 (20.9-27.9) | 20.5 (16.5-24.6) | 22.3 (20.7-24.0) | |
| 2006 | 30.3 (24.9-35.8) | 27.3 (22.3-32.3) | 23.1 (18.8-27.5) | 25.4 (21.1-29.7) | 20.8 (16.1-25.4) | 25.4 (23.2-27.5) | |
| 2007 | 27.1 (21.6-32.6) | 19.3 (15.0-23.6) | 19.4 (15.5-23.3) | 23.0 (19.0-26.9) | 20.8 (16.0-25.7) | 21.7 (19.7-23.7) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (3,201), 1998 (3,249), 2002 (3,393), 2003 (3,547), 2004 (2,563), 2005 (3,363), 2006 (2,369), 2007 (2,345). The indicator includes those who exceed Guideline 1 of the NHMRC Australian Alcohol Guidelines, as 1 or more of the following: consuming alcohol every day, consuming on average more than [4 if male/2 if female] standard drinks, consuming more than [6 if male/4 if female] on any 1 occasion or day. The questions used to define the indicator were: How often do you usually drink alcohol? On a day when you drink alcohol, how many standard drinks do you usually have? In the last 4 weeks have you had more than [7-10 if male/5-6 if female] drinks in a day? and In the last 4 weeks how often have you had [11+ if male/7+ if female] drinks in a day? The questions used to define the 1997 and 1998 indicator were: How often do you have an alcoholic drink of any kind? On a day when you have alcoholic drinks, how many standard drinks do you usually have? and On the last occasion you had more than [4 if male/2 if female] drinks in a day, how many drinks did you actually have? |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 1 July 2008 |