Scottish Health Survey: Revised Alcohol Consumption Estimates 2003

Table 1.6 Reported usual frequency of drinking alcohol in the last year, by age and sex

Frequency of drinking alcohol	Age								Total
Aged 16 and over							2003
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74		75+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%
Men
Almost every day	3	5	11	16	20	24		29	14
Five or six days a week	3	4	6	8	4	5		4	5
Three or four days a week	13	18	17	18	20	13		9	16
Once or twice a week	44	42	36	35	29	27		17	35
Once or twice a month	17	16	13	9	9	9		7	12
Once every couple of months	7	4	6	4	4	6		4	5
Once or twice a year	4	3	4	4	4	7		8	4
Less than once a year	1	-	1	0	0	0		2	1
Never drinks or ex-drinker	10	7	7	5	7	10		20	8
Subtotal: drinks on three or more days a week	18	27	34	43	45	41		42	35
Women
Almost every day	1	3	6	11	9	13		11	8
Five or six days a week	1	3	4	5	5	2		1	3
Three or four days a week	7	14	13	16	14	5		4	11
Once or twice a week	39	37	36	29	24	23		15	30
Once or twice a month	24	21	16	14	14	16		11	17
Once every couple of months	10	8	9	9	8	6		8	8
Once or twice a year	6	6	7	7	12	13		18	9
Less than once a year	1	1	1	1	1	1		2	1
Never drinks or ex-drinker	9	9	9	8	14	21		32	13
Subtotal: drinks on three or more days a week	10	19	23	32	28	20		15	22
Bases (weighted):
Men	559	601	757	666	567	404		259	3813
Women	551	655	807	688	600	491		467	4260
Bases (unweighted):
Men	324	449	729	611	631	507		325	3576
Women	391	598	881	792	775	579		492	4508

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