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Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report

Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.

Aged 16 and over and drank alcohol in past week							2015/2016 combined
% who drank on >5 days / mean number of days drank alcohol in last week^a	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	6	7	9	14	17	26	37	15
Mean number of days	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.8	3.2	3.5	4.0	2.9
SE of the mean	0.16	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.11	0.16	0.05
Women
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	6	1	4	8	11	19	27	9
Mean number of days	2.0	1.8	2.1	2.4	2.7	3.0	3.4	2.4
SE of the mean	0.20	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.12	0.17	0.04
All adults
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	6	5	7	11	14	23	33	12
Mean number of days	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.6	3.0	3.3	3.7	2.7
SE of the mean	0.13	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.09	0.13	0.04
Bases (weighted):
Men	339	486	440	550	485	377	197	2873
Women	316	396	383	510	450	290	161	2507
All adults	656	881	823	1060	935	667	358	5380
Bases (unweighted):
Men	201	294	376	499	518	484	263	2635
Women	205	333	399	540	552	403	200	2632
All adults	406	627	775	1039	1070	887	463	5267

a Of those who drank alcohol in the last week

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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