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Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020

An amended version of the Scottish Health Survey 2018 main report.

Base: Aged 16 and over and drank alcohol in past week		2017/2018 combined
% who drank on >5 days / mean number of days drank alcohol in last week^a		Age							Total
		16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men	Drank on >5 days	1	4	6	13	17	25	32	13
	Mean number of days	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.9	3.2	3.6	3.9	2.9
	SE of the mean	0.14	0.11	0.09	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.16	0.05
Women	Drank on >5 days	0	2	5	8	13	18	24	9
	Mean number of days	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.5	2.9	3.0	3.3	2.5
	SE of the mean	0.10	0.09	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.12	0.18	0.04
All adults	Drank on >5 days	1	3	5	11	15	22	28	11
	Mean number of days	2.0	2.1	2.3	2.7	3.0	3.4	3.6	2.7
	SE of the mean	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.13	0.04
Unweighted bases	Men	140	277	264	398	450	426	238	2193
	Women	159	277	382	495	486	384	170	2353
	All adults	299	554	646	893	936	810	408	4546
Weighted bases	Men	280	438	357	463	425	324	181	2468
	Women	235	317	341	460	383	266	144	2144
	All adults	515	755	697	923	808	590	324	4612

a Of those who drank alcohol in the last week

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