The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) was developed by the World Health Organization (Saunders, Aasland, Babor, de la Fuente and Grant, 1993; guidelines by Babor, Higgins-Biddle, Saunders and Monteiro, 2001). Its 10 questions cover how much and how often you drink, signs of dependence and harm caused by drinking. Questions 1 to 8 score 0 to 4 points and questions 9 and 10 score 0, 2 or 4, so the total is 0 to 40. WHO groups totals into four zones: 0 to 7, 8 to 15, 16 to 19 and 20 to 40. Questions 2 and 3 count standard drinks, and WHO takes one as about 10 to 13 grams of pure alcohol: a 330 ml bottle of beer at 5%, a 140 ml glass of wine at 12% or a 40 ml shot of spirits at 40%.
This is not a diagnosis
The score describes a pattern of drinking, not a disorder. Only a doctor or an addiction specialist can assess dependence after a conversation. WHO notes that the zones can differ slightly between countries.
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Source: AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Saunders J. B., Aasland O. G., Babor T. F., de la Fuente J. R., Grant M., 1993, Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption II, Addiction 88(6), 791-804, DOI 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02093.x. Questions and risk zones: Babor T. F., Higgins-Biddle J. C., Saunders J. B., Monteiro M. G., 2001, AUDIT: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Guidelines for Use in Primary Care, 2nd ed., WHO/MSD/MSB/01.6a, World Health Organization, Box 10 and Box 6 (iris.who.int/handle/10665/67205).
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