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Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report

Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.

Aged 16 and over and drank alcohol in past week									2003 - 2016
% who drank on >5 days / mean number of days drank alcohol in last week^a	2003	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	20	17	14	15	13	13	12	11	14	15
Mean number of days	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.9
SE of the mean	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.07
Women
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	13	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	10
Mean number of days	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.5
SE of the mean	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.08
All adults
Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past week^a
Drank on >5 days	17	14	11	13	12	12	11	10	11	13
Mean number of days	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
SE of the mean	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.06
Bases (weighted):
Men	2762	2160	2497	2307	2406	1551	1538	1437	1537	1330
Women	2472	1953	2199	2070	2152	1283	1285	1301	1370	1143
All adults	5234	4113	4696	4377	4557	2834	2823	2738	2907	2473
Bases (unweighted):
Men	2590	1967	2266	2057	2174	1405	1392	1346	1421	1214
Women	2609	2053	2346	2200	2256	1361	1354	1360	1410	1222
All adults	5199	4020	4612	4257	4430	2766	2746	2706	2831	2436

a Of those who drank alcohol in the last week

Email: Julie Landsberg, Julie Landsberg

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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