Alcohol

Alcohol Use In South Australia
The National Drug Strategy Household Survey data indicated that alcohol continues to be the most commonly consumed psychoactive drug in South Australia. In 2004, 92.6% of the population aged 14 years and over had consumed alcohol in their lifetime and 85.4% had consumed alcohol in the last 12 months. The prevalence of lifetime and recent alcohol use remained relatively stable from 1998 to 2004.

In 2004, approximately 10% of males and females consumed alcohol in quantities that placed them at risk of alcohol-related harm in the long-term as defined by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, 2001).

Males (41.9%) were more likely than females (32.3%) to consume alcohol in a manner that
that placed the individual at risk of harm in the short term as defined by the NHMRC (2001).
However, female teenagers (47.4%) were more likely than male teenagers (36.9%) to drink
alcohol in a manner that that placed them at risk of harm in the short term.

Information from - Drug & Alcohol Services South Australia http://www.dassa.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/2008_Statistical_overview.pdf

You can find more information at the Australian Drug Foundation - Alcohol Facts

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