Scottish Health Survey: Revised Alcohol Consumption Estimates 2003

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Table 1.2 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, 1995, 1998 and 2003, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over

1995, 1998, 2003

Alcohol units per week

Age

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

Total
16-64

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Men

Under 1 unit a week/none

1995

16

10

10

12

12

-

-

13

1998

11

8

10

13

19

24

-

12

2003: original

16

12

14

11

16

23

35

14

2003: revised

15

11

13

10

14

22

34

13

2003 original - revised % change

-6.3

-8.3

-7.1

-9.1

-12.5

-4.3

-2.9

-7.1

1-10 units per week

1995

25

27

29

27

29

-

-

27

1998

23

30

33

28

29

36

-

29

2003: original

29

32

34

33

33

33

31

32

2003: revised

26

27

29

29

29

30

28

28

2003 original - revised % change

-10.3

-15.6

-14.7

-12.1

-12.1

-9.1

-9.7

-12.5

Over 10, up to 21 units per week

1995

23

28

28

29

22

-

-

26

1998

23

26

27

26

25

20

-

25

2003: original

24

25

24

27

23

23

19

25

2003: revised

24

24

22

23

22

22

16

23

2003 original - revised % change

0.0

-4.0

-8.3

-14.8

-4.3

-4.3

-15.8

-8.0

Over 21 units per week

1995

37

34

33

31

29

-

-

33

1998

43

35

31

34

26

21

-

34

2003: original

31

30

28

29

29

22

15

29

2003: revised

36

37

35

38

35

27

21

36

2003 original - revised % change

16.1

23.3

25.0

31.0

20.7

22.7

40.0

24.1

Mean units per week

1995

20.8

22.8

19.4

19.7

16.5

-

-

20.1

1998

23.4

20.5

17.7

20.0

17.4

13.5

-

19.8

2003: original

17.2

17.4

19.6

18.9

17.5

13.3

10.2

18.2

2003: revised

19.6

20.0

23.0

23.1

21.1

15.7

12.5

21.5

2003 original - revised % change

14.0

14.9

17.3

22.2

20.6

18.0

22.5

18.1

Standard errors of the means

1995

0.99

1.19

0.71

0.90

0.91

-

-

0.44

1998

1.06

0.84

0.64

0.93

1.12

1.00

-

0.40

2003: original

1.13

1.11

1.71

1.35

1.08

0.76

0.92

0.66

2003: revised

1.05

1.11

0.54

0.56

0.43

0.42

0.27

0.31

Bases (weighted):

1995

705

979

851

749

600

-

-

3884

1998

656

953

900

777

607

469

-

3894

2003

536

596

755

665

567

404

258

3119

Bases (unweighted):

1995

464

840

811

709

689

-

-

3513

1998

365

763

824

690

682

572

-

3324

2003

309

446

726

610

631

507

323

2722


Continued…

Table 1.2 - Continued

Aged 16 and over

1995, 1998, 2003

Alcohol units per week

Age

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

Total
16-64

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Women

Under 1 unit per week/none

1995

27

22

21

28

38

-

-

27

1998

17

17

19

27

41

57

-

24

2003: original

22

21

24

24

37

47

66

25

2003: revised

18

18

20

20

35

44

63

23

2003 original - revised % change

-18.2

-14.3

-16.7

-16.7

-5.4

-6.4

-4.5

-8.0

1-7 units per week

1995

34

45

44

44

38

-

-

41

1998

40

48

42

43

37

29

-

42

2003: original

34

42

38

39

33

34

32

38

2003: revised

34

33

31

30

29

32

24

31

2003 original - revised % change

0.0

-21.4

-18.4

-23.1

-12.1

-5.9

-25.0

-18.4

Over 7, up to 14 units per week

1995

21

18

23

15

17

-

-

19

1998

18

18

24

19

15

10

-

19

2003: original

21

19

23

20

19

12

8

21

2003: revised

15

20

20

18

16

12

8

18

2003 original - revised % change

-28.6

5.3

-13.0

-10.0

-15.8

0.0

0.0

-14.3

Over 14 units per week

1995

18

15

12

12

8

-

-

13

1998

24

18

15

12

8

4

-

15

2003: original

23

17

15

18

11

8

3

17

2003: revised

32

28

27

30

21

13

5

28

2003 original - revised % change

39.1

64.7

80.0

66.7

90.9

62.5

66.7

64.7

Mean units per week

1995

8.4

6.3

6.6

5.6

4.6

-

-

6.3

1998

10.0

7.4

7.4

6.2

4.4

2.8

-

7.1

2003: original

9.5

8.7

7.2

7.5

5.4

3.9

2.1

7.6

2003: revised

12.2

11.9

10.3

11.2

7.9

5.2

2.7

10.7

2003 original - revised % change

28.4

36.8

43.1

49.3

46.3

33.3

28.6

40.8

Standard errors of the means

1995

0.58

0.24

0.38

0.29

0.27

-

-

0.16

1998

0.52

0.31

0.29

0.35

0.27

0.24

-

0.16

2003: original

0.88

0.96

0.41

0.39

0.30

0.32

0.21

0.30

2003: revised

12.2

11.9

10.3

11.2

7.9

5.2

2.7

9.1

Bases (weighted):

1995

682

990

870

777

665

-

-

3985

1998

638

938

912

795

659

584

-

3943

2003

505

655

805

685

599

491

467

3249

Bases (unweighted):

1995

538

1160

992

825

884

-

-

4399

1998

500

968

1006

892

805

889

-

4171

2003

366

598

879

788

774

579

492

3405


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