ASSAD Alcohol use, last month, by age group
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
The prevalence of alcohol consumption in the last four weeks has significantly decreased between 1996 (45.7%) and 2017 (21.0%). Older students aged 16-17 years were significantly more likely to report drinking alcohol in the last four weeks than younger students aged 12-15 years (43.1% vs 10.4% respectively).
The 2009 NHMRC Australian drinking guidelines recommend no alcohol consumption as the safest option for people under 18.
Please note that this indicator was updated in 2022 and replaces all previous versions.
For the purpose of reporting the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.
Chart
Drank alcohol in the last month, ACT Secondary Students aged 12-17 years, by age group, 1996-2017
Data
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Codes and sources
A copy of the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey can be found in Data collections.