The stem asks about any alcohol consumption over the past year. The three questions are: 1) How often do you have a drink containing alcohol? 2) How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day? and 3) How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion? Responses to each question are assigned 0–4 points, yielding a total score of 0–12. AUDIT-C screening thresholds that maximize sensitivity and specificity for detecting harmful alcohol use are ≥4 in men and ≥3 in women, with alcohol-related harm in both sexes increasing as AUDIT-C scores increase (14, 15).
