Study characteristics of adults resident in Perth, Western Australia, who responded to the Health and Wellbeing Survey 2006–2009 for the study cohort that consented to data linkage (N = 6,837), and the non-linkable population who did not consent to data linkage and subsequently excluded.

a. A standard drink is defined as any drink containing 10 grams of alcohol.
b. Harmful consumption was defined by the Department of Health in this survey as 7–10 standard drinks in a day for men, and 5–6 standard drinks in a day for women.
c. The service area was defined as the area accessible to a distance of 1600 m from the residential address along the road network.
NA. No data available because the participants did not agree to linkage of the HWSS survey responses to either hospital records or to environmental data (liquor store locations).