HPA commissioned the Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation group (SHORE) from Massey University in July 2011 to examine changes over time in alcohol drinking patterns and alcohol-related harm for women.
This report presents a series of analyses summarising trends over time for alcohol consumption of women from a series of national alcohol-related surveys undertaken by SHORE between 1995 and 2011. It also presents information on trends for selected alcohol-related harm (alcohol-attributable hospitalisation and death, and alcohol involved motor vehicle crashes and prosecutions) over a similar time period. The information is supported by a review of New Zealand research on women’s drinking and associated harm.