Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report
Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2014, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.
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Table 2.5 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level (age-standardised), 2003 to 2014, by equivalised income and sex
Aged 16 and over | 2003 to 2014 | |||||||
Alcohol units per weeka | 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Men | ||||||||
Hazardous / harmful drinking | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 42 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 31 |
2nd | 37 | 34 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 24 |
3rd | 31 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
4th | 27 | 26 | 19 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 18 |
5th (lowest income) | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 18 |
Mean units per week | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 21.9 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 18.6 | 15.6 | 15.9 |
2nd | 21.0 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 14.6 |
3rd | 19.6 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.3 |
4th | 17.9 | 16.9 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 10.8 |
5th (lowest income) | 18.1 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 13.0 | 17.3 | 12.7 | 12.1 |
SE of the mean | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 0.96 | 0.99 | 3.12 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 1.21 | 1.10 | 0.89 |
2nd | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.94 | 0.78 | 1.04 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 1.20 |
3rd | 1.83 | 1.38 | 1.81 | 0.88 | 0.98 | 1.09 | 1.26 | 1.02 |
4th | 1.82 | 1.98 | 0.89 | 1.41 | 1.05 | 1.64 | 1.03 | 1.25 |
5th (lowest income) | 1.70 | 2.11 | 2.11 | 2.10 | 1.35 | 2.44 | 1.52 | 1.36 |
Women | ||||||||
Hazardous / harmful drinking | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 37 | 30 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 22 |
2nd | 28 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 21 |
3rd | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
4th | 17 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 15 |
5th (lowest income) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
Mean units per week | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 12.3 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 |
2nd | 10.3 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.8 |
3rd | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
4th | 6.8 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 6.7 |
5th (lowest income) | 7.5 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
SE of the mean | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 0.58 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.57 |
2nd | 0.63 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.96 | 0.60 | 1.00 |
3rd | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 1.29 |
4th | 0.43 | 0.64 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 1.00 |
5th (lowest income) | 1.12 | 1.18 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.95 | 0.66 | 0.60 |
All adults | ||||||||
Hazardous / harmful drinking | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 40 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 27 |
2nd | 32 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 22 |
3rd | 25 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
4th | 22 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 16 |
5th (lowest income) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
Mean units per week | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 17.3 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
2nd | 15.7 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 11.8 |
3rd | 13.5 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
4th | 11.6 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 8.4 |
5th (lowest income) | 12.2 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 |
SE of the mean | ||||||||
1st (highest income) | 0.66 | 0.74 | 1.73 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.85 | 0.75 | 0.62 |
2nd | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.74 | 0.65 | 0.95 |
3rd | 0.90 | 0.80 | 0.97 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.88 |
4th | 0.85 | 1.05 | 0.53 | 0.77 | 0.55 | 0.76 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
5th (lowest income) | 0.98 | 1.15 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 0.74 | 1.25 | 0.77 | 0.74 |
Bases (weighted): | ||||||||
Men - 1st (highest income) | 838 | 642 | 771 | 703 | 714 | 456 | 472 | 453 |
Men - 2nd | 692 | 545 | 698 | 697 | 618 | 426 | 489 | 431 |
Men - 3rd | 610 | 581 | 632 | 547 | 633 | 373 | 330 | 379 |
Men - 4th | 616 | 421 | 664 | 507 | 539 | 328 | 343 | 287 |
Men - 5th (lowest income) | 513 | 426 | 426 | 460 | 462 | 338 | 294 | 307 |
Women - 1st (highest income) | 768 | 603 | 690 | 631 | 657 | 414 | 429 | 415 |
Women - 2nd | 677 | 569 | 708 | 671 | 664 | 413 | 413 | 416 |
Women - 3rd | 704 | 592 | 674 | 607 | 654 | 399 | 399 | 409 |
Women - 4th | 825 | 530 | 689 | 652 | 649 | 436 | 415 | 400 |
Women - 5th (lowest income) | 650 | 556 | 616 | 574 | 572 | 406 | 408 | 369 |
All adults - 1st (highest income) | 1606 | 1245 | 1461 | 1334 | 1371 | 870 | 901 | 868 |
All adults - 2nd | 1368 | 1114 | 1407 | 1368 | 1283 | 838 | 902 | 847 |
All adults - 3rd | 1314 | 1173 | 1306 | 1154 | 1288 | 772 | 728 | 788 |
All adults - 4th | 1441 | 952 | 1352 | 1159 | 1188 | 764 | 758 | 687 |
All adults - 5th (lowest income) | 1163 | 983 | 1043 | 1034 | 1034 | 744 | 702 | 676 |
Bases (unweighted): | ||||||||
Men - 1st (highest income) | 773 | 531 | 666 | 617 | 628 | 415 | 424 | 418 |
Men - 2nd | 641 | 524 | 619 | 585 | 557 | 402 | 422 | 394 |
Men - 3rd | 577 | 522 | 583 | 508 | 601 | 363 | 330 | 376 |
Men - 4th | 649 | 460 | 594 | 519 | 521 | 328 | 356 | 280 |
Men - 5th (lowest income) | 476 | 396 | 415 | 426 | 439 | 306 | 283 | 297 |
Women - 1st (highest income) | 806 | 577 | 714 | 648 | 683 | 442 | 458 | 438 |
Women - 2nd | 715 | 625 | 722 | 722 | 705 | 454 | 450 | 433 |
Women - 3rd | 752 | 622 | 741 | 692 | 747 | 443 | 459 | 455 |
Women - 4th | 920 | 635 | 769 | 741 | 736 | 482 | 497 | 440 |
Women - 5th (lowest income) | 685 | 608 | 683 | 645 | 648 | 437 | 433 | 429 |
All adults - 1st (highest income) | 1579 | 1108 | 1380 | 1265 | 1311 | 857 | 882 | 856 |
All adults - 2nd | 1356 | 1149 | 1341 | 1307 | 1262 | 856 | 872 | 827 |
All adults - 3rd | 1329 | 1144 | 1324 | 1200 | 1348 | 806 | 789 | 831 |
All adults - 4th | 1569 | 1095 | 1363 | 1260 | 1257 | 810 | 853 | 720 |
All adults - 5th (lowest income) | 1161 | 1004 | 1098 | 1071 | 1087 | 743 | 716 | 726 |
a Non-drinker: no units per week; Moderate: >0 units and up to 21 units for men / 14 units for women; Hazardous/harmful: more than 21 units for men / 14 units for women
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