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Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report

Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.

Aged 16 and over and drank alcohol in past week					2015/2016 combined
% who drank on >5 days / mean number of days drank alcohol in last week^a	Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
	5th (Least deprived)	4th	3rd	2nd	1st (Most deprived)
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	14	17	13	15	13
Mean number of days	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.5
SE of the mean	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.11
Women
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	12	11	7	7	6
Mean number of days	2.7	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.0
SE of the mean	0.12	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.09
All adults
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	13	14	11	11	10
Mean number of days	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.3
SE of the mean	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Bases (weighted):
Men	620	607	604	551	489
Women	604	525	532	443	396
All adults	1224	1132	1136	993	885
Bases (unweighted):
Men	571	608	596	471	389
Women	636	620	593	424	359
All adults	1207	1228	1189	895	748

a Of those who drank alcohol in the last week

Email: Julie Landsberg, Julie Landsberg

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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