The Drinkers Degree: Risk Taking Behaviours amongst Undergraduate Student Drinkers

Table 2

Mean (SD) and range of AUDIT scores weighted by age, gender, and ethnicity.

Age			AUDIT		Low risk		Increasing risk		Higher risk		Probably dependent		AUDIT positive
					(0–7)		(8–15)		(16–19)		(20+)		(8–40)
		Mean	SD	Range		%		%		%		%		%
Male drinkers
18	158	13.84	6.88	1–39	32	20.4	66	41.5	34	21.7	26	16.4	126	79.7
19	288	12.51	6.77	1–32	72	24.8	124	42.9	46	16.0	47	16.3	217	75.3
20	316	11.89	5.91	1–27	81	25.6	154	48.6	42	13.4	39	12.3	235	74.4
21	241	11.21	5.94	1–32	65	26.8	125	51.8	30	12.6	21	8.9	176	73.0
22–24	187	9.91	5.97	1–27	75	40.0	80	42.5	19	10.2	14	7.3	113	60.4
25+	82	7.3	4.72	1–22	46	56.6	30	36.5	4	5.5	1	1.4	35	42.7
Total	1272	11.56	6.37	1–39	370	29.1	577	45.4	177	13.9	148	11.6	902	70.9
Female drinkers
18	158	11.06	5.84	1–33	46	29.1	78	49.5	25	16.0	9	5.4	112	70.9
19	294	11.21	6.36	1–30	94	32.0	125	42.7	40	13.7	34	11.6	199	67.7
20	333	9.83	5.83	1–33	128	38.5	158	47.4	26	7.8	21	6.3	205	61.6
21	215	9.09	5.05	1–26	88	41.0	99	46.2	19	9.0	8	3.8	126	58.6
22–24	167	8.06	4.84	1–31	85	50.8	71	42.2	8	4.5	4	2.5	83	49.7
25+	52	6.34	4.25	1–19	36	70.3	13	25.3	2	4.5	0	0	15	28.8
Total	1217	9.8	5.79	1–33	477	39.2	544	44.7	121	9.9	76	6.2	741	60.9
All drinkers
18	316	12.46	6.52	1–39	78	24.7	143	45.5	60	18.9	34	75.0	237	75.0
19	582	11.86	6.59	1–32	166	28.4	249	42.8	86	14.8	81	71.5	416	71.5
20	648	10.84	5.95	1–33	209	32.2	311	48.0	68	10.5	60	67.7	439	67.7
21	456	10.21	5.63	1–32	153	33.5	224	49.2	50	10.9	30	66.7	304	66.7
22–24	355	9.03	5.54	1–31	160	45.1	150	42.3	27	7.5	18	54.9	195	54.9
25+	133	6.93	4.55	1–22	82	61.9	43	32.2	7	5.1	1	38.3	51	38.3
Total	2490	10.7	6.16	1–39	848	34.0	1121	45.0	297	11.9	224	65.9	1642	65.9