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Table 2 Weekly alcohol consumption: percentage exceeding recommended amounts for men and women aged 65 and over in Great Britain, 1992 to 2010

From: Drinking behaviour and alcohol-related harm amongst older adults: analysis of existing UK datasets

 

Unweighted

Weightedd

 
 

1992

1994

1996

1998

1998

2000

2001

2002

2005

2006 original

2006 revisede

2008

2008 updatedf

2009

2010

Men

15

17

18

16

16

17

15

15

14

14

21

22

22

20

19

Women

5

7

7

6

6

7

6

7

5

5

10

10

9

10

9

  1. dIn 2000, the decision was made to weight the data to compensate for under-representation of people in some groups. This table shows weighted and unweighted data for 1998 to give an indication of the effect of weighting. Caution should be exercised when comparing weighted data with unweighted data.
  2. eFigures produced using the revised methodology for converting volumes of alcohol to units assuming an average wine glass size.
  3. fFigures produced using the updated methodology including data on wine glass size.