Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020

Published: 21 February 2020
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781839605550

An amended version of the Scottish Health Survey 2018 main report.

Table 3.2: Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, 2018, by age and sex

Base: Aged 16 and over		2018
Alcohol units per week^a		Age							Total
		16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men	Non-drinker	16	10	10	13	12	16	22	13
	Moderate	58	56	56	57	53	50	55	55
	Hazardous/Harmful	27	34	34	30	36	34	24	32
	Mean units per week^b	15.4	14.8	15.3	18.5	17.1	17.1	12.5	16.1
	SE of the mean	2.65	1.36	1.51	2.26	1.34	1.40	1.21	0.72
Women	Non-drinker	14	16	19	15	16	26	36	19
	Moderate	68	70	64	63	66	61	59	65
	Hazardous/Harmful	18	14	18	22	18	13	5	16
	Mean units per week^b	11.6	8.8	8.9	9.8	8.8	8.1	4.7	8.9
	SE of the mean	2.37	0.99	0.76	0.75	0.65	0.68	0.61	0.42
All adults	Non-drinker	15	13	15	14	14	21	30	16
	Moderate	63	63	60	60	59	56	57	60
	Hazardous/Harmful	22	24	26	26	27	23	12	24
	Mean units per week^b	13.5	11.8	12.2	14.0	12.9	12.7	8.4	12.5
	SE of the mean	1.80	0.94	1.03	1.28	0.80	0.86	0.70	0.46
Unweighted bases	Men	144	227	278	376	371	392	263	2051
	Male drinkers	115	200	233	317	313	315	199	1692
	Women	193	360	403	469	490	468	324	2707
	Female drinkers	164	290	325	393	405	333	201	2111
	All adults	337	587	681	845	861	860	587	4758
	All drinkers	279	490	558	710	718	648	400	3803
Weighted bases	Men	279	386	349	412	372	291	191	2279
	Male drinkers	230	341	304	349	319	235	146	1924
	Women	281	399	362	441	394	319	265	2461
	Female drinkers	236	329	291	366	328	228	165	1943
	All adults	560	784	711	853	765	610	455	4740
	All drinkers	466	671	595	715	646	463	310	3867

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

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Table 3.2: Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, 2018, by age and sex

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