Scottish Health Survey: Revised Alcohol Consumption Estimates 2003

Table 1.2 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, 1995, 1998 and 2003, by age and sex

Alcohol units per week	Age
Aged 16 and over							1995, 1998, 2003
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74		75+	Total 16-64
	%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%
Men
Under 1 unit a week/none
1995	16	10	10	12	12	-		-	13
1998	11	8	10	13	19	24		-	12
2003: original	16	12	14	11	16	23		35	14
2003: revised	15	11	13	10	14	22		34	13
2003 original - revised % change	-6.3	-8.3	-7.1	-9.1	-12.5	-4.3		-2.9	-7.1
1-10 units per week
1995	25	27	29	27	29	-		-	27
1998	23	30	33	28	29	36		-	29
2003: original	29	32	34	33	33	33		31	32
2003: revised	26	27	29	29	29	30		28	28
2003 original - revised % change	-10.3	-15.6	-14.7	-12.1	-12.1	-9.1		-9.7	-12.5
Over 10, up to 21 units per week
1995	23	28	28	29	22	-		-	26
1998	23	26	27	26	25	20		-	25
2003: original	24	25	24	27	23	23		19	25
2003: revised	24	24	22	23	22	22		16	23
2003 original - revised % change	0.0	-4.0	-8.3	-14.8	-4.3	-4.3		-15.8	-8.0
Over 21 units per week
1995	37	34	33	31	29	-		-	33
1998	43	35	31	34	26	21		-	34
2003: original	31	30	28	29	29	22		15	29
2003: revised	36	37	35	38	35	27		21	36
2003 original - revised % change	16.1	23.3	25.0	31.0	20.7	22.7		40.0	24.1
Mean units per week
1995	20.8	22.8	19.4	19.7	16.5	-		-	20.1
1998	23.4	20.5	17.7	20.0	17.4	13.5		-	19.8
2003: original	17.2	17.4	19.6	18.9	17.5	13.3		10.2	18.2
2003: revised	19.6	20.0	23.0	23.1	21.1	15.7		12.5	21.5
2003 original - revised % change	14.0	14.9	17.3	22.2	20.6	18.0		22.5	18.1
Standard errors of the means
1995	0.99	1.19	0.71	0.90	0.91	-		-	0.44
1998	1.06	0.84	0.64	0.93	1.12	1.00		-	0.40
2003: original	1.13	1.11	1.71	1.35	1.08	0.76		0.92	0.66
2003: revised	1.05	1.11	0.54	0.56	0.43	0.42		0.27	0.31
Bases (weighted):
1995	705	979	851	749	600	-		-	3884
1998	656	953	900	777	607	469		-	3894
2003	536	596	755	665	567	404		258	3119
Bases (unweighted):
1995	464	840	811	709	689	-		-	3513
1998	365	763	824	690	682	572		-	3324
2003	309	446	726	610	631	507		323	2722

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Table 1.2 - Continued

Alcohol units per week	Age
Aged 16 and over							1995, 1998, 2003
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74		75+	Total 16-64
	%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%
Women
Under 1 unit per week/none
1995	27	22	21	28	38	-		-	27
1998	17	17	19	27	41	57		-	24
2003: original	22	21	24	24	37	47		66	25
2003: revised	18	18	20	20	35	44		63	23
2003 original - revised % change	-18.2	-14.3	-16.7	-16.7	-5.4	-6.4		-4.5	-8.0
1-7 units per week
1995	34	45	44	44	38	-		-	41
1998	40	48	42	43	37	29		-	42
2003: original	34	42	38	39	33	34		32	38
2003: revised	34	33	31	30	29	32		24	31
2003 original - revised % change	0.0	-21.4	-18.4	-23.1	-12.1	-5.9		-25.0	-18.4
Over 7, up to 14 units per week
1995	21	18	23	15	17	-		-	19
1998	18	18	24	19	15	10		-	19
2003: original	21	19	23	20	19	12		8	21
2003: revised	15	20	20	18	16	12		8	18
2003 original - revised % change	-28.6	5.3	-13.0	-10.0	-15.8	0.0		0.0	-14.3
Over 14 units per week
1995	18	15	12	12	8	-		-	13
1998	24	18	15	12	8	4		-	15
2003: original	23	17	15	18	11	8		3	17
2003: revised	32	28	27	30	21	13		5	28
2003 original - revised % change	39.1	64.7	80.0	66.7	90.9	62.5		66.7	64.7
Mean units per week
1995	8.4	6.3	6.6	5.6	4.6	-		-	6.3
1998	10.0	7.4	7.4	6.2	4.4	2.8		-	7.1
2003: original	9.5	8.7	7.2	7.5	5.4	3.9		2.1	7.6
2003: revised	12.2	11.9	10.3	11.2	7.9	5.2		2.7	10.7
2003 original - revised % change	28.4	36.8	43.1	49.3	46.3	33.3		28.6	40.8
Standard errors of the means
1995	0.58	0.24	0.38	0.29	0.27	-		-	0.16
1998	0.52	0.31	0.29	0.35	0.27	0.24		-	0.16
2003: original	0.88	0.96	0.41	0.39	0.30	0.32		0.21	0.30
2003: revised	12.2	11.9	10.3	11.2	7.9	5.2		2.7	9.1
Bases (weighted):
1995	682	990	870	777	665	-		-	3985
1998	638	938	912	795	659	584		-	3943
2003	505	655	805	685	599	491		467	3249
Bases (unweighted):
1995	538	1160	992	825	884	-		-	4399
1998	500	968	1006	892	805	889		-	4171
2003	366	598	879	788	774	579		492	3405

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