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Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report
Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.
Table 8.6 GHQ12 scores (age-standardised), 2013-2016 combined, by alcohol consumption and sex
| Aged 16 and over | 2013-2016 combined | ||||
| GHQ12 scorea | Alcohol consumptionb | ||||
| Non-drinker | Ex-drinker | Moderate | Hazardous | Harmful | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Men | |||||
| 0 | 54 | 52 | 65 | 71 | 61 |
| 1-3 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 23 |
| 4 or more | 18 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 16 |
| Women | |||||
| 0 | 46 | 39 | 60 | 62 | 48 |
| 1-3 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 4 or more | 22 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 24 |
| All adults | |||||
| 0 | 49 | 45 | 62 | 67 | 58 |
| 1-3 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 24 |
| 4 or more | 20 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 18 |
| Bases (weighted): | |||||
| Men | 401 | 618 | 4198 | 2028 | 781 |
| Women | 691 | 893 | 5745 | 1233 | 253 |
| All adults | 1092 | 1511 | 9944 | 3261 | 1034 |
| Bases (unweighted): | |||||
| Men | 331 | 653 | 3885 | 1810 | 741 |
| Women | 747 | 1013 | 6226 | 1287 | 266 |
| All adults | 1078 | 1666 | 10111 | 3097 | 1007 |
a GHQ 12 scores range from 0 to 12. Scores of 4 or more indicate low wellbeing / possible psychiatric disorder
b Non-drinkers: never drank; Ex-drinker: used to drink but stopped/ doesn’t currently drink; moderate drinker 0 up to 14; Hazardous> 14 units and up to 35 units; Harmful> 35 units
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