Table 4.
Percentage who consumed an alcoholic beverage, their median intake and median percentage of total energy contribution, by type of alcoholic beverage consumed and sex, for adults aged 19 years and over using population-weighted, 1 d intake data from the Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, May 2011–June 2012
| Consumers only | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population prevalence | Alcoholic beverage intake (standard drinks)* | Percentage of total energy from alcoholic beverages (%)† | |||||||
| Type of alcoholic beverage | Sex | % | 95% CI | Median | 10th–90th percentile | P ‡ | Median | 10th–90th percentile | P ‡ |
| Beer | Men | 19·4 | 18·2, 20·5 | 3·06 | 1·29–9·05 | 12·2 | 4·2–32·8 | ||
| Women | 2·9 | 2·4, 3·4 | 1·40 | 1·04–5·18 | <0·001 | 8·2 | 3·5–21·9 | <0·001 | |
| Red Wine | Men | 8·7 | 7·9, 9·5 | 3·81 | 1·63–8·17 | 10·7 | 4·2–25·7 | ||
| Women | 7·8 | 7·0, 8·6 | 3·18 | 0·76–8·01 | <0·001 | 11·7 | 3·0–28··2 | 0·38 | |
| White Wine | Men | 5·1 | 4·5, 5·8 | 2·94 | 1·46–11·51 | 10·1 | 4·2–28·6 | ||
| Women | 10·1 | 9·2, 11·0 | 3·26 | 1·37–8·82 | 0·76 | 12·8 | 5·2–33·9 | 0·001 | |
| Low-Alcohol Wine or Beer | Men | 6·2 | 5·6, 6·9 | 1·91 | 0·82–6·14 | 9·1 | 3·8–24·8 | ||
| Women | 1·0 | 0·7, 1·2 | 1·25 | 0·77–6·14 | 0·001 | 5·7 | 3·1–33·4 | 0·004 | |
| Spirits | Men | 4·0 | 3·5, 4·6 | 2·36 | 0·89–8·86 | 8·0 | 2·1–26·9 | ||
| Women | 2·2 | 1·8, 2·6 | 2·36 | 0·88–9·17 | 0·94 | 9·7 | 2·3–31·0 | 0·04 | |
| Premixes | Men | 2·5 | 2·1, 3·0 | 2·29 | 1·10–5·72 | 16·7 | 7·0–39·2 | ||
| Women | 1·2 | 0·9, 1·5 | 1·92 | 0·92–10·0 | 0·85 | 18·3 | 7·7–71·9 | 0·14 | |
| Mixed Drinks or Cocktails | Men | 1·1 | 0·8, 1·4 | 2·46 | 1·12–6·34 | 14·8 | 3·1–25·4 | ||
| Women | 1·4 | 1·1, 1·7 | 1·59 | 0·55–4·01 | 0·002 | 9·5 | 2·6–21·6 | 0·09 | |
| Fortified Wine | Men | 0·6 | 0·4, 0·9 | 2·12 | 0·70–6·36 | 9·4 | 2·0–30·6 | ||
| Women | 0·5 | 0·3, 0·7 | 1·16 | 0·42–4·67 | 0·20 | 7·6 | 2·8–23·7 | 0·69 | |
| Cider | Men | 0·9 | 0·6, 1·1 | 2·53 | 1·25–5·61 | 10·2 | 4·5–21·7 | ||
| Women | 0·5 | 0·3, 0·7 | 1·44 | 0·61–6·78 | 0·18 | 8·0 | 3·8–26·2 | 0·67 | |
| Liqueurs | Men | 0·4 | 0·3, 0·6 | 1·38 | 0·43–5·04 | 11·5 | 2·0–21·9 | ||
| Women | 0·4 | 0·2, 0·6 | 0·80 | 0·49–14·0 | 0·73 | 5·6 | 1·7–39·2 | 0·80 | |
*
One standard drink contains 10 g of alcohol( 27 ).
†
Percentage of total energy from alcoholic beverages includes energy from soft drinks mixed with alcoholic beverages where applicable.
‡
The Mann–Whitney U test was used to test for differences in alcoholic beverage intake and percentage energy from alcoholic beverages between men and women for different types of alcoholic beverage.