Scottish Health Survey: Revised Alcohol Consumption Estimates 2003

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Table 1.8 Estimated alcohol consumption level on heaviest drinking day in past week, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over who drank alcohol in past seven days

2003

Alcohol units per day

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Men

Up to and including 2

9

18

15

17

25

32

44

20

Over 2 and up to (& including) 3

4

3

5

6

4

9

7

5

Over 3 and up to (& including) 4

7

8

11

14

14

16

19

12

Over 4 and up to (& including) 5

1

2

4

3

3

6

5

3

Over 5 and up to (& including) 6

8

6

13

10

11

9

9

10

Over 6 and up to (& including) 8

10

10

8

11

10

11

6

10

Over 8

60

53

45

38

32

17

9

40

Consumed over 4 units

80

71

69

62

56

43

30

63

Consumed over 8 units

60

53

45

38

32

17

9

40

Mean units

12.7

10.8

10.2

8.3

7.2

5.2

4.0

9.0

Standard error of the mean

0.71

0.51

0.47

0.35

0.31

0.25

0.27

0.21

Women

Up to and including 2

17

16

23

27

35

53

74

30

Over 2 and up to (& including) 3

4

5

5

7

8

8

8

6

Over 3 and up to (& including) 4

5

13

16

19

20

14

9

15

Over 4 and up to (& including) 5

5

5

4

4

3

4

2

4

Over 5 and up to (& including) 6

9

13

15

13

14

13

5

13

Over 6 and up to (& including) 8

15

13

11

12

7

4

1

10

Over 8

45

35

25

19

12

3

1

23

Consumed over 3 units

79

79

72

66

56

38

17

64

Consumed over 6 units

60

48

36

31

19

7

1

33

Mean units

9.7

8.0

6.5

5.6

4.6

3.3

2.2

6.2

Standard error of the mean

0.60

0.32

0.22

0.18

0.18

0.14

0.13

0.13

Bases (weighted):

Men

363

457

564

528

432

276

143

2762

Women

333

418

513

480

340

237

153

2473

Bases (unweighted):

Men

212

339

545

485

479

350

180

2590

Women

236

372

572

549

439

280

162

2610

Page updated: Wednesday, June 25, 2008