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Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

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

Aged 16 and over and drank alcohol in past week	2015
% who drank on >5 days / mean number of days drank alcohol in last weeka	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week ^a
Drank on >5 days	3	9	10	13	15	25	37	14
Mean number of days	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.7	3.1	3.5	3.9	2.8
SE of the mean	0.16	0.18	0.14	0.14	0.13	0.16	0.20	0.06
Women
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week ^a
Drank on >5 days	2	1	5	7	11	17	26	8
Mean number of days	1.7	1.8	2.1	2.3	2.6	3.0	3.4	2.3
SE of the mean	0.12	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.12	0.17	0.22	0.05
All Adults
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week ^a
Drank on >5 days	3	5	7	10	13	22	32	11
Mean number of days	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.9	3.3	3.7	2.6
SE of the mean	0.10	0.11	0.10	0.09	0.10	0.14	0.16	0.05
Bases (weighted):
Men	190	255	250	299	253	189	100	1537
Women	169	216	219	290	233	154	89	1370
All adults	359	471	469	589	486	343	189	2907
Bases (unweighted):
Men	107	156	207	269	273	261	148	1421
Women	102	177	212	295	289	218	117	1410
All adults	209	333	419	564	562	479	265	2831

a Of those who drank alcohol in the last week

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