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Indicator name:
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (drinkers only) past 30 days
Short name:
HED drinkers only
Topic:
Risk factors
Rationale:
This indicator provides information on the patterns of alcohol consumption among the drinking population of a given country. It is helpful in understanding whether those who actually drink alcohol consume high or low levels of alcohol. This has direct implications for the drinking population's health outcome.
Definition:
Heavy episodic drinking (drinkers only) is defined as the proportion of adult drinkers (15+ years) who have had at least 60 grams or more of pure alcohol on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. A consumption of 60 grams of pure alcohol corresponds approximately to 6 standard alcoholic drinks. Numerator: The appropriately weighted number of drinkers (15+ years) who reported drinking at least 60 grams or more of pure alcohol on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. Denominator: The total number of respondents (15+ years, appropriately weighted) to the corresponding survey question(s) who reported having consumed an alcoholic standard drink (10 grams) within the past 12 months on the same survey (or 1-abstainers). This indicator is available for the population 15+ years, as well as for the age group 15-19 years.
Disaggregation:
Sex, Age
Method of measurement
See heavy episodic drinking
Method of estimation:
Weighted percentages of survey respondents, who reported having consumed an alcoholic drink within the past 12 months.
Method of estimation of global and regional aggregates:
Survey estimates weighted by population size of drinkers in corresponding countries.
Preferred data sources:
Population-based surveys
Expected frequency of data dissemination:
Every 3-5 years
Expected frequency of data collection:
Every 3-5 years
Comments:
Preferred data sources: Internationally comparative, nationally representative population-based surveys.
Contact person email:
msb@who.int
Name:
NMH/MSD/MSB
IMRID:
458
Links:
Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH)
Global Infobase
Indicator Metadata Registry List
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