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Table 4 Modelled, population-weighted alcohol consumed through typical, atypical/special, and all drinking occasions

From: Holidays, celebrations, and commiserations: measuring drinking during feasting and fasting to improve national and individual estimates of alcohol consumption

  

England population drinkers

UK Units a per week

 

Population UK Units per week

  

Typical

Atypical special

Fully adjusted

% Change b

Category

n (1,000s)

%

Millions

% c

Male drinkers by age (years)

16–24

2,550.8

7.1

15.3

6.4

21.6

41.7

55.2

9.0

25–34

3,157.2

8.8

18.0

5.3

23.3

29.6

73.6

12.0

35–44

3,139.4

8.7

17.0

3.8

20.8

22.6

65.4

10.6

45–54

3,245.2

9.0

18.7

4.0

22.8

21.5

73.9

12.0

55–64

2,657.5

7.4

19.7

2.7

22.3

13.6

59.3

9.6

65–74

2,683.8

7.4

17.6

1.7

19.3

9.7

51.7

8.4

75+

1,307.2

3.6

11.4

1.1

12.5

9.7

16.4

2.7

All males

≥16

18,741.1

52.0

17.3

3.8

21.1

22.0

395.4

64.3

Female drinkers by age (years)

16–24

2,343.5

6.5

10.2

5.3

15.5

51.6

36.4

5.9

25–34

2,921.9

8.1

9.3

4.2

13.5

45.5

39.4

6.4

35–44

3,041.9

8.4

9.6

3.5

13.1

37.0

39.8

6.5

45–54

3,162.1

8.8

10.4

3.1

13.5

29.6

42.6

6.9

55–64

2,500.8

6.9

12.1

1.9

14.1

15.8

35.2

5.7

65–74

1,944.9

5.4

8.5

1.0

9.5

11.6

18.5

3.0

75+

1,416.0

3.9

5.4

0.3

5.8

6.3

8.2

1.3

All females

≥16

17,331.1

48.0

9.7

3.0

12.7

31.3

220.0

35.7

Male drinkers by consumption categoryd

Lower risk

1

1,864.0

5.2

0.4

1.4

1.8

315.7

3.3

0.5

 

2

7,434.5

20.6

4.4

3.4

7.8

77.8

58.3

9.5

 

3

4,250.1

11.8

14.7

4.1

18.8

28.0

79.8

13.0

Increasing risk

4

2,945.2

8.2

27.6

5.4

33.0

19.5

97.1

15.8

 

5

1,110.6

3.1

40.6

5.3

45.8

13.0

50.9

8.3

Higher risk

6

1,136.6

3.2

89.8

3.6

93.3

4.0

106.1

17.2

Female drinkers by consumption categoryd

Lower risk

1

3,462.5

9.6

0.4

0.7

1.1

193.5

3.7

0.6

 

2

6,992.4

19.4

3.2

2.8

6.1

88.4

42.5

6.9

 

3

2,978.5

8.3

9.9

3.6

13.5

36.9

40.3

6.5

Increasing risk

4

1,446.4

4.0

16.7

5.1

21.8

30.3

31.6

5.1

 

5

1,538.9

4.3

26.7

5.4

32.1

20.2

49.4

8.0

Higher risk

6

912.4

2.5

53.8

3.8

57.6

7.1

52.6

8.5

Total all drinkers

36,072.2

100.0

13.6

3.4

17.1

25.1

615.4

100.0

  1. a1 UK Unit = 8 g of pure alcohol; bPercentage change is atypical/special consumption as proportion of typical; cPercentage represents the proportion of all units consumed nationally for each demographic category; dSee Box 1 for definitions.
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