The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults
Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health
Table 3.1 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, by age and sex
Aged 16 and over
2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Alcohol units per weeka | Age | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75+ | ||
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Men | ||||||||
Non-drinker | ||||||||
2003 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 |
2008 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 10 |
2009 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 10 |
2010 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 12 |
2011 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 11 |
Moderate | ||||||||
2003 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 64 | 59 | 58 |
2008 | 51 | 63 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 66 | 59 |
2009 | 59 | 65 | 66 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 67 | 63 |
2010 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 61 |
2011 | 58 | 68 | 68 | 62 | 63 | 60 | 68 | 64 |
Hazardous/Harmful | ||||||||
2003 | 32 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 35 | 26 | 21 | 33 |
2008 | 41 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 30 |
2009 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 14 | 27 |
2010 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 19 | 27 |
2011 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 25 |
Mean units per week | ||||||||
2003 | 17.4 | 19.9 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 20.9 | 15.3 | 12.2 | 19.8 |
2008 | 23.5 | 17.8 | 19.4 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 8.3 | 18.0 |
2009 | 22.4 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 20.1 | 16.6 | 15.3 | 8.5 | 17.5 |
2010 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 10.9 | 16.0 |
2011 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 9.9 | 15.0 |
SE of the mean | ||||||||
2003 | 1.21 | 1.26 | 1.76 | 1.64 | 1.20 | 0.85 | 1.09 | 0.62 |
2008 | 1.96 | 1.43 | 1.37 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 0.86 | 0.69 | 0.53 |
2009 | 4.06 | 1.07 | 1.32 | 1.57 | 0.82 | 0.99 | 0.68 | 0.75 |
2010 | 1.45 | 1.37 | 1.69 | 0.87 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.09 | 0.50 |
2011 | 1.70 | 0.78 | 1.05 | 0.88 | 1.11 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.42 |
Bases (weighted): | ||||||||
Men 2003 | 546 | 596 | 755 | 665 | 567 | 404 | 258 | 3791 |
Men 2008 | 405 | 475 | 559 | 549 | 478 | 326 | 218 | 3011 |
Men 2009 | 514 | 568 | 634 | 652 | 563 | 387 | 259 | 3576 |
Men 2010 | 459 | 558 | 581 | 626 | 540 | 373 | 251 | 3388 |
Men 2011 | 497 | 578 | 610 | 651 | 562 | 389 | 264 | 3551 |
Bases (unweighted): | ||||||||
Men 2003 | 315 | 446 | 726 | 610 | 631 | 507 | 323 | 3558 |
Men 2008 | 220 | 312 | 456 | 530 | 523 | 451 | 304 | 2796 |
Men 2009 | 261 | 406 | 550 | 604 | 575 | 517 | 363 | 3276 |
Men 2010 | 244 | 417 | 474 | 562 | 553 | 486 | 328 | 3064 |
Men 2011 | 287 | 395 | 513 | 593 | 599 | 510 | 342 | 3239 |
Women | ||||||||
Non-drinker | ||||||||
2003 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 32 | 13 |
2008 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 13 |
2009 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 16 |
2010 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 17 |
2011 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 36 | 17 |
Moderate | ||||||||
2003 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 64 |
2008 | 56 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 67 |
2009 | 61 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 66 |
2010 | 62 | 67 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 53 | 65 |
2011 | 63 | 71 | 67 | 64 | 67 | 59 | 57 | 65 |
Hazardous/Harmful | ||||||||
2003 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
2008 | 37 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
2009 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
2010 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 18 |
2011 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 18 |
Mean units per week | ||||||||
2003 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 9.0 |
2008 | 16.2 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 8.6 |
2009 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 7.8 |
2010 | 10.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 7.6 |
2011 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 7.4 |
SE of the mean | ||||||||
2003 | 1.04 | 1.10 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.27 | 0.31 |
2008 | 1.86 | 0.54 | 0.69 | 0.60 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
2009 | 1.23 | 0.51 | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.24 |
2010 | 1.04 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.24 |
2011 | 0.99 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.33 | 0.23 |
Bases (weighted): | ||||||||
Women 2003 | 512 | 655 | 805 | 685 | 599 | 491 | 467 | 4215 |
Women 2008 | 402 | 487 | 614 | 585 | 502 | 382 | 348 | 3319 |
Women 2009 | 500 | 571 | 693 | 700 | 590 | 450 | 408 | 3912 |
Women 2010 | 447 | 555 | 641 | 678 | 569 | 429 | 391 | 3711 |
Women 2011 | 471 | 577 | 670 | 707 | 591 | 448 | 411 | 3874 |
Bases (unweighted): | ||||||||
Women 2003 | 372 | 598 | 879 | 788 | 774 | 579 | 492 | 4482 |
Women 2008 | 305 | 450 | 646 | 627 | 630 | 513 | 408 | 3579 |
Women 2009 | 376 | 580 | 779 | 733 | 735 | 550 | 479 | 4232 |
Women 2010 | 341 | 564 | 677 | 759 | 698 | 571 | 466 | 4076 |
Women 2011 | 338 | 559 | 709 | 801 | 734 | 595 | 484 | 4220 |
All adults | ||||||||
Non-drinker | ||||||||
2003 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 11 |
2008 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 12 |
2009 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 13 |
2010 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 31 | 15 |
2011 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 29 | 14 |
Moderate | ||||||||
2003 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 62 | 61 |
2008 | 54 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 64 | 68 | 63 |
2009 | 60 | 66 | 67 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 64 |
2010 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 56 | 63 |
2011 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 65 | 59 | 61 | 64 |
Hazardous/Harmful | ||||||||
2003 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 28 |
2008 | 39 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 25 |
2009 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
2010 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 22 |
2011 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 21 |
Mean units per week | ||||||||
2003 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 14.2 | 9.7 | 6.1 | 14.1 |
2008 | 19.9 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 13.1 |
2009 | 17.3 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 12.4 |
2010 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 6.4 | 11.6 |
2011 | 13.2 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 5.9 | 11.1 |
SE of the mean | ||||||||
2003 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.72 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.36 |
2008 | 1.39 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.52 | 0.37 | 0.34 |
2009 | 2.24 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.81 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.42 | 0.40 |
2010 | 0.93 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.48 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.29 |
2011 | 1.01 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.27 |
Bases (weighted): | ||||||||
All adults 2003 | 1058 | 1252 | 1560 | 1350 | 1166 | 895 | 725 | 8006 |
All adults 2008 | 807 | 962 | 1174 | 1134 | 979 | 708 | 566 | 6330 |
All adults 2009 | 1014 | 1138 | 1327 | 1352 | 1153 | 836 | 668 | 7488 |
All adults 2010 | 906 | 1113 | 1222 | 1304 | 1109 | 802 | 642 | 7098 |
All adults 2011 | 968 | 1155 | 1280 | 1358 | 1152 | 836 | 675 | 7425 |
Bases (unweighted): | ||||||||
All adults 2003 | 687 | 1044 | 1605 | 1398 | 1405 | 1086 | 815 | 8040 |
All adults 2008 | 525 | 762 | 1102 | 1157 | 1153 | 964 | 712 | 6375 |
All adults 2009 | 637 | 986 | 1329 | 1337 | 1310 | 1067 | 842 | 7508 |
All adults 2010 | 585 | 981 | 1151 | 1321 | 1251 | 1057 | 794 | 7140 |
All adults 2011 | 625 | 954 | 1222 | 1394 | 1333 | 1105 | 826 | 7459 |
a Non-drinker: no units per week; Moderate: >0 units and up to 21 units for men / 14 units for women; hazardous/harmful: more than 21 units for men / 14 units for women.
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