Version 2.78

63634-0 "The next question is about drinking alcohol. This includes coolers, beer, wine, champagne, liquor such as whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, scotch, or liqueurs, and also any other type of alcohol. About how old were you when you first started drinking, not counting small tastes or sips of alcohol? "

Term Description

The next question is about drinking alcohol. This includes coolers, beer, wine, champagne, liquor such as whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, scotch, or liqueurs, and also any other type of alcohol.
Definition of a standard drink: 1 12oz bottle of beer, 1 glass 4oz non-fortified wine, 1 mixed drink with 1oz liquor.
If respondent needs a visual reference for the size of a drink, use the flashcards from the Wave 1 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) study.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Reference Information

Type Source Reference
Citation Regenstrief LOINC Abuse, Substance. "Mental Health Services Administration (2007). Results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings. Office of Applied Studies, NSDUH Series H-32, DHHS Publication No. SMA 07-4293. Rockville, MD." Rockville, MD (2003).

Form Coding Instructions

Enter age in years

Source: Consensus measures for Phenotypes and Exposures

Fully-Specified Name

Component
About how old were you when you first started drinking, not counting small tastes or sips of alcohol
Property
Time
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Qn
Method
PhenX

Additional Names

Short Name
Alc first use age PhenX

Basic Attributes

Class
PHENX
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.36
Last Updated
Version 2.65
Change Reason
Updated the PhenX ID from "PhenX.<ID>" to "PX<ID>" in Survey Question Source field to align with the variable identifier used in the PhenX Toolkit.

Survey Question

Text
"The next question is about drinking alcohol. This includes coolers, beer, wine, champagne, liquor such as whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, scotch, or liqueurs, and also any other type of alcohol. About how old were you when you first started drinking, not counting small tastes or sips of alcohol? "
Source
PX030201010000

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
62541-8 PhenX domain - Alcohol, tobacco and other substances

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Aproximadamente la edad que tenía cuando comenzó a beber, sin contar los pequeños sabores o sorbos de alcohol:Tiempo:Punto temporal:^ Paciente:Cuantitativo:PhenX
it-IT Italian (Italy) Quanti anni aveva quando ha iniziato a bere, senza contare i piccoli assaggi o sorsi di alcool:Tempo:Pt:^Paziente:Qn:PhenX
Synonyms: paziente PhenX Punto nel tempo (episodio) Tempo (e.g. secondi)
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Примерно в каком возрасте Вы впервые начали выпивать, не считая дегустаций и маленьких глотков алкоголя:Время:ТчкВрм:^Пациент:Колич:PhenX
Synonyms: Время (в т.ч. в секундах) Количественный Точка во времени;Момент
zh-CN Chinese (China) 您在首次开始饮酒（不包括品尝或啜饮酒精饮料）时大约是多大年龄:时间:时间点:^患者:定量型:PhenX
Synonyms: Consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposures;PhenX;暴露;接触;表型与暴露共识指标;表现型与暴露共识指标;表型与暴露公认指标 Consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposures;表型与暴露共识指标;表现型与暴露共识指标;表型与暴露公认指标 医疗服务对象;客户;病人;病患;病号;超系统 - 病人 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 时间(如秒);时间(如秒数)

Example Units

Unit Source
a Example UCUM Units