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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 4.5 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level (revised guidelines), age-standardised, 2015, by household income

Aged 16 and over 2015
Alcohol units per weeka Equivalised annual household income quintile  
1st (highest income) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th (lowest income)
  % % % % %
Men
Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level a
Non-drinker 3 6 10 20 28
Moderate 50 52 50 55 46
Hazardous / Harmful 46 42 40 25 26
Mean units per week (drinkers) b 16.7 17.2 16.3 14.4 23.1
SE of the mean 0.85 1.04 1.19 1.81 2.91
Mean units per week (hazardous / harmful drinkers) c 28.3 30.8 30.2 34.7 54.8
SE of the mean 1.13 1.43 1.74 5.02 5.97
Women
Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level a
Non-drinker 10 11 16 22 27
Moderate 66 69 67 67 61
Hazardous / Harmful 24 20 17 11 11
Mean units per week b 10.0 8.9 8.3 7.6 9.2
SE of the mean 0.60 0.64 0.53 1.03 1.17
Mean units per week (hazardous / harmful drinkers) c 23.3 22.9 24.4 [33.3] [39.1]
SE of the mean 1.16 1.54 1.32 [2.79] [4.68]
All Adults
Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level a
Non-drinker 7 8 13 21 27
Moderate 58 60 59 62 54
Hazardous / Harmful 35 31 28 18 18
Mean units per week b 13.4 13.2 12.4 10.9 15.3
SE of the mean 0.61 0.66 0.70 1.06 1.51
Mean units per week (hazardous / harmful drinkers) c 26.6 28.3 28.5 34.2 49.3
SE of the mean 0.94 1.08 1.34 3.42 4.24
Bases (weighted):
Men 446 435 427 327 325
Male drinkers 425 407 377 261 227
Male hazardous / harmful drinkers 206 185 171 81 85
Women 448 428 447 372 398
Female drinkers 398 376 364 286 289
Female hazardous / harmful drinkers 105 86 74 42 45
All adults 894 863 874 698 723
All drinkers 824 783 742 548 516
All hazardous / harmful drinkers 311 272 245 123 131
Bases (unweighted):
Men 404 397 410 321 322
Male drinkers 382 367 351 256 226
Male hazardous / harmful drinkers 182 168 154 87 86
Women 452 453 476 408 448
Female drinkers 410 400 380 303 311
Female hazardous / harmful drinkers 108 87 83 49 47
All adults 856 850 886 729 770
All drinkers 792 767 731 559 537
All hazardous / harmful drinkers 290 255 237 136 133

a Non-drinker: no units per week; Moderate: >0 units and up to 14 units; Hazardous / harmful: more than 14 units
b Those who had consumed alcohol in the past year
c Those who drank an average of more than 14 units per week over the past year

Contact

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

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