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Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report
Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.
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Table 1.8 Number of days on which adults drank alcohol in the past week (age-standardised), 2015/2016 combined, by area deprivation and sex
| Aged 16 and over and drank alcohol in past week | 2015/2016 combined | ||||
| % who drank on >5 days / mean number of days drank alcohol in last weeka | Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation | ||||
| 5th (Least deprived) | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st (Most deprived) | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Men | |||||
| Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past weeka | |||||
| Drank on >5 days | 14 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| Mean number of days | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| SE of the mean | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| Women | |||||
| Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past weeka | |||||
| Drank on >5 days | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Mean number of days | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| SE of the mean | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| All adults | |||||
| Number of days on which drank alcohol in the past weeka | |||||
| Drank on >5 days | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Mean number of days | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| SE of the mean | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Bases (weighted): | |||||
| Men | 620 | 607 | 604 | 551 | 489 |
| Women | 604 | 525 | 532 | 443 | 396 |
| All adults | 1224 | 1132 | 1136 | 993 | 885 |
| Bases (unweighted): | |||||
| Men | 571 | 608 | 596 | 471 | 389 |
| Women | 636 | 620 | 593 | 424 | 359 |
| All adults | 1207 | 1228 | 1189 | 895 | 748 |
a Of those who drank alcohol in the last week
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