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Publication - Research and analysis

Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

Published
31 August 2010
ISBN
9780755995646

The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report UK Comparisons

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Table 2.1 Estimated alcohol consumption level on heaviest drinking day in past week, Scotland and England, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
S & E 2008

5 Alcohol units per day

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

Men

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Scotland

Did not drink in last week

37

27

30

25

29

32

44

31

Up to (& including) 4 units

13

20

22

25

29

39

43

25

Consumed over 4 units

49

53

48

50

42

29

14

44

Consumed over 8 units

37

37

30

31

21

11

2

27

Mean units

8.6

7.8

7.1

6.7

5.0

3.4

1.8

6.2

Standard error of the mean

0.77

0.53

0.49

0.37

0.28

0.21

0.15

0.19

England

Did not drink in last week

41

28

27

24

24

32

35

29

Up to (& including) 4 units

16

25

26

29

37

39

50

30

Consumed over 4 units

43

48

47

46

39

30

14

41

Consumed over 8 units

32

33

30

28

18

10

3

25

Mean units

6.3

7.3

6.4

6.0

4.6

3.5

2.1

4.3

Standard error of the mean

0.53

0.32

0.24

0.22

0.15

0.16

0.10

0.11

Bases (weighted):

Men Scotland

403

476

562

552

478

326

217

3015

Men England

1137

1213

1416

1211

1087

726

540

9152

Bases (unweighted):

Men Scotland

221

313

458

532

524

450

303

2801

Men England

774

955

1222

1101

1184

875

649

8485

Women

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Scotland

Did not drink in last week

38

39

38

36

40

51

66

42

Up to (& including) 3 units

8

15

18

23

27

34

28

21

Consumed over 3 units

54

47

45

41

34

15

6

36

Consumed over 6 units

41

27

22

17

11

2

1

18

Mean units

7.1

4.6

3.8

3.4

2.7

1.4

0.7

3.5

Standard error of the mean

0.84

0.30

0.18

0.18

0.13

0.10

0.07

0.14

England

Did not drink in last week

49

43

37

34

36

53

58

43

Up to (& including) 3 units

14

20

24

26

31

33

35

26

Consumed over 3 units

37

36

39

40

33

14

7

32

Consumed over 6 units

27

21

19

16

12

3

1

15

Mean units

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.4

2.8

1.3

1.0

2.2

Standard error of the mean

0.26

0.15

0.13

0.11

0.10

0.07

0.06

0.05

Bases (weighted):

Women Scotland

400

486

616

586

502

382

348

3320

Women England

1091

1216

1433

1233

1124

800

785

9423

Bases (unweighted):

Women Scotland

303

450

648

627

630

513

408

3579

Women England

920

1220

1514

1374

1367

1000

947

10090

Note: No data is presented for Wales or Northern Ireland because the method of measuring alcohol consumption used in those two countries is not comparable with the Scottish and English surveys.

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