Scottish Health Survey: Revised Alcohol Consumption Estimates 2003

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Table 1.1 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over

2003

Alcohol units per week

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Men

Never drunk alcohol

8

4

4

1

4

3

10

4

Ex-drinker

2

3

3

4

3

7

10

4

Under 1

5

4

6

5

7

12

14

7

Over 1-10

26

27

29

29

29

30

28

28

Over 10-21

24

24

22

23

22

22

16

23

Over 21-35

17

21

16

20

16

13

12

17

Over 35-50

9

9

10

8

8

7

5

8

Over 50

10

7

9

10

11

6

4

9

Subtotal: over 21 units

36

37

35

38

35

27

21

34

Mean

19.6

20.0

23.0

23.1

21.1

15.7

12.5

20.3

Standard error of mean

1.29

1.26

1.76

1.64

1.21

0.86

1.10

0.62

Women

Never drunk alcohol

8

5

4

3

8

13

25

9

Ex-drinker

1

3

4

4

7

8

6

5

Under 1

9

10

12

13

20

23

32

16

Over 1-7

34

33

31

30

29

32

24

31

Over 7-14

15

20

20

18

16

12

8

16

Over 14-21

13

11

13

10

9

7

3

10

Over 21-35

12

12

10

13

9

4

2

9

Over 35

8

5

5

7

3

1

0

4

Subtotal: over 14 units

32

28

27

30

21

13

5

23

Mean

12.2

11.9

10.3

11.2

7.9

5.2

2.7

9.1

Standard error of mean

1.05

1.11

0.54

0.56

0.43

0.42

0.27

0.31

Bases (weighted):

Men

536

596

755

665

567

404

258

3780

Women

505

655

805

685

599

491

467

4209

Bases (unweighted):

Men

309

446

726

610

631

507

323

3552

Women

366

598

879

788

774

579

492

4476


Page updated: Wednesday, June 25, 2008