Alcohol use - drinking status
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Please note that these indicators are not currently up to date and will be replaced shortly with dashboards. In the meantime the most currently available data is available at https://www.data.act.gov.au or contact healthinfo@act.gov.au
Commentary
- In 2019, 4.4% of ACT residents aged 14+ years reported drinking daily (4.5% males and 4.2% females). This was lower than the national average (5.4%). However, the ACT had a higher proportion of people reporting drinking weekly and monthly (38.2% weekly; 22.6% monthly) compared with the national average (34.9% weekly, 21.1% monthly).
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Drinking status for those aged 14+ years, ACT and Australia, 2019
Data
To access the data, select "View source data" link at the bottom of the visualisation. This link will open up a data table that you can download.
Codes and sources
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2019. Drug Statistics series no. 32. PHE 270. Canberra AIHW.