AUDIT (10-item alcohol use screen)

Full AUDIT alcohol-use screen (WHO): ten items (1-8 each 0-4, 9-10 each 0/2/4); total 0-40 with zones (0-7 low, 8-15 hazardous, 16-19 harmful, 20+ likely dependence).

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

AUDIT item 1
4
AUDIT item 2
4
AUDIT item 3
2
AUDIT item 4
0
AUDIT item 5
0
AUDIT item 6
0
AUDIT item 7
0
AUDIT item 8
0
AUDIT item 9
0
AUDIT item 10
0

Result: AUDIT total 10: Zone II hazardous use (8-15).

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

0-7
Low-risk drinking.
8-15
Hazardous drinking; brief intervention per source.
16-19
Harmful drinking.
>=20
Possible alcohol dependence; further diagnostic evaluation per source.

What you enter

  • AUDIT item 1
  • AUDIT item 2
  • AUDIT item 3
  • AUDIT item 4
  • AUDIT item 5
  • AUDIT item 6
  • AUDIT item 7
  • AUDIT item 8
  • AUDIT item 9
  • AUDIT item 10
How this is calculated

Saunders JB, et al. WHO AUDIT. Addiction. 1993;88(6):791-804; Babor TF, et al. AUDIT Manual, WHO, 2001. Risk zones at 8 / 16 / 20. Read the sources: Saunders 1993 (the AUDIT) ↗, Babor 2001 (WHO AUDIT manual) ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.