HEAVY drinkers are drinking more, light drinkers are drinking less and men and women are drinking about the same as each other, say Australian researchers.
The top 10 per cent of drinkers are responsible for more than half the alcohol consumed, according to a study of tens of thousands of Australians since 2001.
It shows the top five per cent of drinkers are drinking 140 more standard drinks a year compared with a decade ago.
At the other end of the scale, more people are abstaining altogether and lighter drinkers are drinking less than before.
Overall consumption has dropped but more damage is being done, says researcher Dr Michael Livingston, who will present the results of his study at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Annual Symposium in Sydney on Wednesday.
"Increases in very heavy drinking have strong impacts on the risk of illness and injury," he says.
A separate study to be presented by Dr Catherine Chapman and Associate Professor Tim Slade shows traditional differences in male and female drinking levels have all but disappeared over the past century.
They used data from 75 studies in 59 countries, including Australia, to show men born in the early 1900s were more than three times more likely to drink alcohol than women.
This ratio has decreased so that women born in the 1990s are almost as likely as men to drink alcohol.
"Similar changes have occurred with binge drinking," says Dr Chapman.
It is likely that Australian patterns are in line with these trends, she says.
A separate study of 16 policies in nine countries including Australia shows there is a relationship between the stringency of policies, the effectiveness with which they are enforced, and resulting levels of consumption.
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