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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

Published
20 September 2016
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care
ISBN
9781786524614

Findings and trends of the Scottish Health Survey 2015, providing information on the health of people living in Scotland.

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Table 4.2 Estimated units consumed on heaviest drinking day, 2003 to 2015

Aged 16 and over 2003 to 2015
Alcohol units per day 2003 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
  % % % % % % % % %
Men
Units consumed on heaviest drinking day (HDD)
Consumed over 4 units on HDD 45 44 44 43 41 42 40 41 41
Consumed over 8 units on HDD 29 27 26 26 25 25 25 24 26
Mean units on HDD a 9.0 8.9 8.5 9.0 8.3 8.3 8.0 8.5 8.6
SE of the mean 0.21 0.25 0.21 0.27 0.20 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.29
Women
Units consumed on heaviest drinking day (HDD)
Consumed over 3 units on HDD 37 36 34 33 34 30 31 33 32
Consumed over 6 units on HDD 19 18 17 16 17 15 15 16 14
Mean units on HDD a 6.2 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.7
SE of the mean 0.14 0.21 0.14 0.14 0.12 0.16 0.15 0.23 0.26
All Adults
Units consumed on heaviest drinking day (HDD)
Consumed over 3 / 4 units on HDDb 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 37 36
Consumed over 6 / 8 units on HDD 24 22 21 21 20 20 19 20 20
Mean units on HDD a 7.7 7.6 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.9 7.2 7.2
SE of the mean 0.14 0.17 0.15 0.17 0.13 0.18 0.17 0.19 0.22
Bases (weighted):
Men 3819 3015 3521 3386 3549 2264 2270 2137 2299
Male drinkers 2742 2093 2453 2259 2362 1522 1474 1366 1462
Women 4254 3320 3865 3710 3860 2460 2498 2379 2541
Female drinkers 2453 1915 2152 2022 2096 1251 1248 1265 1329
All adults 8073 6335 7385 7096 7409 4724 4768 4517 4841
All drinkers 5194 4008 4605 4281 4459 2773 2722 2630 2791
Bases (unweighted):
Men 3580 2801 3244 3066 3242 2104 2082 2001 2170
Male drinkers 2576 1922 2242 2025 2150 1389 1342 1290 1362
Women 4507 3579 4202 4083 4217 2659 2721 2552 2706
Female drinkers 2596 2021 2317 2168 2222 1339 1329 1327 1376
All adults 8087 6380 7446 7149 7459 4763 4803 4553 4876
All drinkers 5172 3943 4559 4193 4372 2728 2671 2617 2738

a Those who had consumed alcohol in the past week

Contact

Email: Julie Landsberg, julie.landsberg@gov.scot

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