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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over and current drinker
1998, 2003, 2008

Number of problem drinking indicators	Age
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total 16-74
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
1998
0 problems	60	67	72	71	77	76	-	70
1 problem	24	18	17	20	13	16	-	18
2+ problems	16	15	12	9	9	7	-	12
2003
0 problems	68	65	69	70	71	77	83	69
1 problem	19	16	18	17	19	18	13	18
2+ problems	12	19	13	13	10	5	4	13
2008
0 problems	55	62	62	67	70	78	86	63
1 problem	22	17	22	21	19	15	8	20
2+ problems	23	20	16	13	11	8	6	16
Women
1998
0 problems	77	87	84	86	88	94	-	85
1 problem	15	8	10	10	9	4	-	10
2+ problems	8	5	6	4	4	2	-	5
2003
0 problems	76	77	79	78	84	89	92	80
1 problem	15	14	13	16	12	8	5	13
2+ problems	10	9	8	6	4	3	3	7
2008
0 problems	60	68	73	74	80	89	96	71
1 problem	23	17	18	17	16	9	2	18
2+ problems	17	14	9	9	4	1	2	11
Bases (weighted):
Men 1998	653	868	821	683	497	356	-	3878
Men 2003	477	551	694	625	525	363	201	3236
Men 2008	390	400	455	461	388	238	137	2094
Women 1998	595	810	765	630	426	293	-	3519
Women 2003	446	593	720	622	506	379	311	3267
Women 2008	368	372	488	463	372	237	142	2063
Bases (unweighted):
Men 1998	363	692	746	596	556	434	-	3387
Men 2003	275	411	670	570	583	457	252	2966
Men 2008	203	263	371	438	422	329	190	1697
Women 1998	469	832	850	691	526	446	-	3814
Women 2003	327	538	786	711	660	443	326	3465
Women 2008	270	351	518	492	460	311	165	2091

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