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Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020
An amended version of the Scottish Health Survey 2018 main report.
Table 3.3: Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, (age-standardised), 2018, by area deprivation and sex
| Base: Aged 16 and over | 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol units per weeka | Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation | |||||
| 5th (Least deprived) | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st (Most deprived) | ||
| % | % | % | % | % | ||
| Men | Non-drinker | 10 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 19 |
| Moderate | 55 | 55 | 59 | 51 | 54 | |
| Hazardous/Harmful | 35 | 35 | 27 | 34 | 27 | |
| Mean units per week (drinkers)b | 16.1 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 16.3 | 18.8 | |
| SE of the mean | 1.22 | 1.41 | 1.19 | 1.46 | 2.53 | |
| Mean units per week (hazardous / harmful drinkers)c | 32.4 | 31.6 | 34.6 | 33.3 | 45.7 | |
| SE of the mean | 2.29 | 2.52 | 2.37 | 2.89 | 4.87 | |
| Women | Non-drinker | 15 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 28 |
| Moderate | 66 | 67 | 66 | 62 | 63 | |
| Hazardous/Harmful | 20 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 10 | |
| Mean units per week (drinkers)b | 10.2 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.5 | |
| SE of the mean | 1.06 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 1.04 | 0.66 | |
| Mean units per week (hazardous / harmful drinkers)c | 30.2 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 30.2 | [26.6] | |
| SE of the mean | 3.22 | 2.36 | 1.91 | 2.35 | [3.10] | |
| All adults | Non-drinker | 12 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 24 |
| Moderate | 61 | 61 | 62 | 57 | 59 | |
| Hazardous/Harmful | 27 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 18 | |
| Mean units per week (drinkers)b | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | |
| SE of the mean | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 1.02 | 1.41 | |
| Mean units per week (hazardous / harmful drinkers)c | 31.5 | 29.6 | 31.9 | 32.4 | 40.1 | |
| SE of the mean | 1.78 | 1.98 | 1.60 | 2.18 | 3.74 | |
| Unweighted bases | Men | 397 | 497 | 409 | 418 | 330 |
| Male drinkers | 350 | 427 | 333 | 328 | 254 | |
| Male hazardous / harmful drinkers | 139 | 168 | 106 | 116 | 88 | |
| Women | 541 | 643 | 512 | 568 | 443 | |
| Female drinkers | 452 | 527 | 414 | 422 | 296 | |
| Female hazardous / harmful drinkers | 108 | 110 | 84 | 74 | 44 | |
| All adults | 938 | 1140 | 921 | 986 | 773 | |
| All drinkers | 802 | 954 | 747 | 750 | 550 | |
| All hazardous / harmful drinkers | 247 | 278 | 190 | 190 | 132 | |
| Weighted bases | Men | 434 | 500 | 441 | 513 | 392 |
| Male drinkers | 390 | 434 | 368 | 425 | 307 | |
| Male hazardous / harmful drinkers | 154 | 172 | 119 | 176 | 105 | |
| Women | 501 | 562 | 447 | 519 | 433 | |
| Female drinkers | 423 | 468 | 367 | 388 | 298 | |
| Female hazardous / harmful drinkers | 102 | 94 | 80 | 73 | 44 | |
| All adults | 935 | 1062 | 887 | 1032 | 825 | |
| All drinkers | 813 | 901 | 735 | 813 | 605 | |
| All hazardous / harmful drinkers | 255 | 266 | 199 | 249 | 149 | |
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 Age-standardisation has been carried out using 2017 mid-year population estimates for private households in Scotland. Please see the technical report for more information.
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