Table 2.

Alcohol consumption and hazardous alcohol use

				All (n=2500)	Alberta (n=1207)	Queensland (n=1293)	p-value
Had at least 1 drink of any alcoholic beverage during the past 30 days?
	Yes (%)			66.5	64.7	68.3	0.05
		If yes for “had at least 1 drink of any alcoholic beverage during the past 30 days”
		1. No. of DAYS on which you had at least 1 drink of any alcoholic beverage during the past 30 days	Mean ± SD	10.3±9.8	7.7±8.0	12.6±10.7	<0.001
			Range	1-30	1-30	1-30
		2. On the days when you drank, how many DRINKS did you consume on average during the past 30 days?	Mean ± SD	2.4±2.3	2.1±2.1	2.6±2.5	<0.001
			Range	1-32	1-24	1-32
		3. Considering all types of alcoholic beverages, how many TIMES during the past 30 days did you have 6 or more drinks on an occasion? (%)	Never	78.7	81.9	75.9	<0.001
			Once	8.1	8.4	7.8
			2-4 times	8.2	6.9	9.4
			≥5 times	5.0	2.8	6.9
Hazardous alcohol use1
	Yes (%)			36.5	28.9	42.8	<0.001

SD, standard deviation.

¹Calculated based on 1, 2, and 3. Please see Methods for further explanation.