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Table details: CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/8

(A10) Prevalence of alcohol consumption above sensible limits at ages 18 and over (hona10)

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Context
AH/21  Health Departments
  CRDA/24  Public Health Common Dataset
  CRDA/24/DS/1992  1992
  CRDA/24/DS/1992/5  1992 - Health of the Nation, Baseline data
 
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Summary
Title (A10) Prevalence of alcohol consumption above sensible limits at ages 18 and over
NDAD reference CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/8
Scope & content The following text has been taken from the 'Data Definition and User Guide' for this year (see the Dataset Documentation Catalogue).

Target number

A10

Target

To reduce the proportion of men drinking more than 21 units of alcohol per week from 28% in 1990 to 18% by the year 2005, and the proportion of women drinking more than 14 units of alcohol per week from 11% in 1990 to 7% by 2005.

Indicator title

Prevalence of alcohol consumption above sensible limits at ages 18 and over

Definition

The percentage of men consuming more than 21 units of alcohol per week and of women consuming more than 14 units per week at ages 18 and over.

Period covered

Financial year 1990/91

Areas covered

England and Wales, England and Regional Health Authorities

Source

OPCS General Household Survey

Method

The General Household Survey (GHS) is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population resident in private households. Data presented here are from the 1990 survey, for which interviews were obtained with 18,384 people aged 16 and over throughout Great Britain between April 1990 and March 19911 .

Figures presented are the percentage whose average alcohol consumption exceeds sensible limits, the number responding to the question (the base), and the approximate 95% confidence interval around the percentage. These figures are presented separately for males and females

The calculation of confidence limits was based on the method described by Breeze, using an upper estimate of 1.2 as the multiplier needed to account for the complex sampling design of the GHS2.

Comments

Questions on alcohol consumption are included in the survey every second year and the 1990 sample contained the standard questions on this subject1. It was however the first for which tables could be produced by Health Authority.

The alcohol consumption rating used in the GHS is based on people's estimates of amounts drunk on a "usual" occasion. This amount is recorded in terms of five different types of drink and then converted into units of alcohol1.

References

1. Smyth M and Browne F. General Household Survey 1990. London: HMSO, 1992.

2. Breeze E. General Household Survey: Report on sampling error. London: HMSO, 1990.
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Identity statement
Table name hona10
Number of records 16
SIZE of file (bytes) 754
Maximum record size (bytes) 53
ISAD(G) level of description Item
 
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Description
Field descriptions
 
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Fields
Number of fields 10
 
1
Field name: D_CODE
Data type: Variable Length String
Original description:
Further descriptive information:

Area code
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:

This field forms a 1 - 1 relationship with the following tables:

From CRDA/24/DS/1992/5 to hona1 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/1)
  to hona2 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/2)
  to hona3 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/3)
  to hona4 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/4)
  to hona5b6 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/5)
  to honb1 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/9)
  to honb2 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/10)
  to honb3 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/11)
  to honb4b5 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/12)
  to honc2 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/13)
  to hond3 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/14)
  to hone1 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/15)
  to hone2 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/16)
  to hone3 (CRDA/24/DS/1992/5/17)

via the field D_CODE
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
2
Field name: AREA
Data type: Variable Length String
Original description:
Further descriptive information:

NHS Area
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
3
Field name: F3
Data type: Integer
Original description: General Household Survey data for the financial year 1990/91 Males Percent
Further descriptive information:
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
4
Field name: F4
Data type: Integer
Original description: General Household Survey data for the financial year 1990/91 Males Base
Further descriptive information:
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
5
Field name: F5
Data type: Integer
Original description: General Household Survey data for the financial year 1990/91 Males 95% CI Lower
Further descriptive information:
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
6
Field name: F6
Data type: Integer
Original description: General Household Survey data for the financial year 1990/91 Males 95% CI Upper
Further descriptive information:
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
7
Field name: F7
Data type: Integer
Original description: General Household Survey data for the financial year 1990/91 Females Percent
Further descriptive information:
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
8
Field name: F8
Data type: Integer
Original description: General Household Survey data for the financial year 1990/91 Females Base
Further descriptive information:
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
9
Field name: F9
Data type: Integer
Original description: General Household Survey data for the financial year 1990/91 Females 95% CI Lower
Further descriptive information:
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
10
Field name: F10
Data type: Integer
Original description: General Household Survey data for the financial year 1990/91 Females 95% CI Upper
Further descriptive information:
Missing value(s): One or more spaces, -
Attributes:
Constraints: This field may take any value appropriate to its datatype.
Encoding: [No encoding used]
 
 
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