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 |  |  |  | Typical | Atypical/special | All | % change | |||||||
 |  |  |  | 95% CI | 95% CI | 95% CI | ||||||||
 |  | n | % | Mean | Lower | Upper | Mean | Lower | Upper | Mean | Lower | Upper | ||
Total | Â | 4,604 | Â | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 23.0 | |
Sex | Male | 1,725 | 37.5 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 16.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 18.4 | 17.2 | 19.6 | 18.3 | |
 | Female | 2,879 | 62.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 29.5 | |
 | F, P |  |  | F = 287.303, P <0.001 | F = 15.990, P <0.001 | F = 280.921, P <0.001 |  | |||||||
Age | 16–24 | 247 | 5.4 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 11.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 14.2 | 11.9 | 16.5 | 52.3 | |
 | 25–34 | 379 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 12.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 17.1 | 39.3 | |
 | 35–44 | 508 | 11.0 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 13.2 | 36.0 | |
 | 45–54 | 839 | 18.2 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 12.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 27.1 | |
 | 55–64 | 1,024 | 22.2 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 14.7 | 19.3 | |
 | 65–74 | 1,016 | 22.1 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 11.7 | |
 | 75+ | 591 | 12.8 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 7.6 | |
 | F, P |  |  | F = 3.663, P = 0.001 | F = 22.220, P <0.001 | F = 7.690, P <0.001 |  | |||||||
Deprivation | Deprived | 1,376 | 29.9 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 20.2 | |
tertile | Mid | 973 | 21.1 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 23.9 | |
 | Affluent | 2,255 | 49.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 24.3 | |
 | F, P |  |  | F = 0.990, P = 0.372 | F = 1.414, P = 0.243 | F = 1.122, P = 0.326 |  | |||||||
Ethnicity | White | 4,412 | 95.8 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 22.9 | |
 | Asian/Chinese | 50 | 1.1 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 10.6 | 25.1 | |
 | Black/Other | 142 | 3.1 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 11.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 13.8 | 26.9 | |
 | F, P |  |  | F = 1.876, P = 0.153 | F = 0.364, P = 0.695 | F = 2.033, P = 0.131 |  | |||||||
Typical alcohol consumption category b | Lower risk | 1 | 1,300 | 28.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 209.3 |
 | 2 | 1,636 | 35.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 64.9 | |
 | 3 | 820 | 17.8 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 27.1 | |
Increasing risk | 4 | 436 | 9.5 | 21.7 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 26.3 | 16.7 | |
 | 5 | 247 | 5.4 | 32.2 | 31.1 | 33.2 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 36.4 | 34.6 | 38.2 | 13.1 | |
Higher risk | 6 | 165 | 3.6 | 74.2 | 67.3 | 81.1 | 1.9 | −1.2 | 5.1 | 76.1 | 68.3 | 83.9 | 2.6 | |
F, P |  |  |  | n/a | F = 22.337, P < 0.001 | F = 1592.674, P < 0.001 |  |