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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Alcohol units per week	Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile					SIMD 85/15
	5 ^th (least deprived)	4 ^th	3 ^rd	2 ^nd	1 ^st (most deprived)	85% least deprived	15% most deprived
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Observed
% drinking more than 21 units a week	31	31	28	29	32	30	32
% drinking more than 50 units a week	5	7	6	7	11	7	11
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	16.7	18.2	16.9	16.8	21.4	17.3	22.1
Standard error of mean	0.90	1.06	1.05	1.07	1.82	0.51	2.32
Standardised
% drinking more than 21 units a week	31	31	29	29	31	30	31
% drinking more than 50 units a week	5	7	6	7	10	7	11
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	16.6	18.1	17.4	16.8	20.6	17.5	21.2
Standard error of mean	0.99	1.07	1.10	1.06	1.71	0.52	2.18
Women
Observed
% drinking more than 14 units a week	26	20	18	21	16	21	15
% drinking more than 35 units a week	4	3	3	4	5	4	4
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	9.5	8.5	8.2	8.8	8.1	8.7	7.9
Standard error of mean	0.55	0.56	0.69	1.10	0.68	0.37	0.79
Standardised
% drinking more than 14 units a week	25	21	19	20	16	21	15
% drinking more than 35 units a week	4	4	3	4	5	4	4
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	9.3	8.8	8.3	8.4	8.0	8.9	7.7
Standard error of mean	0.59	0.63	0.72	0.95	0.67	0.39	0.79
Bases (weighted):
Men	544	739	545	616	567	2599	413
Women	617	735	626	682	659	2824	495
Bases (unweighted):
Men	481	735	584	535	461	2449	347
Women	613	894	751	673	648	3079	500

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