Scottish Health Survey: Revised Alcohol Consumption Estimates 2003

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

Alcohol units per day	Age								Total
Aged 16 and over who drank alcohol in past seven days							2003
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74		75+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%
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

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