Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report

Published: 3 October 2017
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781788512763

Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.

Table 1.4 Estimated units consumed on heaviest drinking day, 2003 to 2016

Aged 16 and over									2003 - 2016
Alcohol units per day	2003	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Units consumed on heaviest drinking day (HDD)
Consumed over 4 units on HDD	45	44	44	43	41	42	40	41	41	39
Consumed over 8 units on HDD	29	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	26	24
Mean units on HDD^a	9.0	8.9	8.5	9.0	8.3	8.3	8.0	8.5	8.6	8.3
SE of the mean	0.21	0.25	0.21	0.27	0.20	0.27	0.26	0.27	0.29	0.27
Women
Units consumed on heaviest drinking day (HDD)
Consumed over 3 units on HDD	37	36	34	33	34	30	31	33	32	32
Consumed over 6 units on HDD	19	18	17	16	17	15	15	16	14	17
Mean units on HDD^a	6.2	6.0	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.7	6.1
SE of the mean	0.14	0.21	0.14	0.14	0.12	0.16	0.15	0.23	0.26	0.28
All adults
Units consumed on heaviest drinking day (HDD)
Consumed over 3 / 4 units on HDD	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	37	36	36
Consumed over 6 / 8 units on HDD	24	22	21	21	20	20	19	20	20	20
Mean units on HDD^a	7.7	7.6	7.2	7.4	7.1	7.1	6.9	7.2	7.2	7.3
SE of the mean	0.14	0.17	0.15	0.17	0.13	0.18	0.17	0.19	0.22	0.21
Bases (weighted):
Men	3819	3015	3521	3386	3549	2264	2267	2137	2299	2012
Male drinkers	2742	2093	2453	2259	2362	1522	1474	1366	1462	1286
Women	4254	3320	3865	3710	3860	2460	2498	2379	2541	2197
Female drinkers	2453	1915	2152	2022	2096	1251	1248	1265	1329	1117
All adults	8073	6335	7385	7096	7409	4724	4765	4517	4841	4209
All drinkers	5194	4008	4605	4281	4459	2773	2722	2630	2791	2402
Bases (unweighted):
Men	3580	2801	3244	3066	3242	2104	2081	2001	2170	1839
Male drinkers	2576	1922	2242	2025	2150	1389	1342	1290	1362	1170
Women	4507	3579	4202	4083	4217	2659	2721	2552	2706	2391
Female drinkers	2596	2021	2317	2168	2222	1339	1329	1327	1376	1198
All adults	8087	6380	7446	7149	7459	4763	4802	4553	4876	4230
All drinkers	5172	3943	4559	4193	4372	2728	2671	2617	2738	2368

a Those who had consumed alcohol in the past week

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Email: Julie Landsberg, Julie Landsberg

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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Table 1.4 Estimated units consumed on heaviest drinking day, 2003 to 2016

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