Mean daily alcohol intake (grams of alcohol) during the previous week and proportion of heavy drinkers (>80 g/d) by country, gender and age
| Estonia | Latvia | Lithuania | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) g/d | Geometric mean | >80 g/d % | n | Mean (SD) g/d | Geometric mean | >80 g/d % | n | Mean (SD) g/d | Geometric mean | >80 g/d % | |||
| All respondents | ||||||||||||||
| Men | ||||||||||||||
| All | 901 | 29 (42) | 2.1 | 9.3 | 1055 | 15 (23) | 0.56-a | 2.7 | 978 | 18 (24) | 1.26-b 6-c | 2.56-d | ||
| 19–34 | 397 | 29 (43) | 2.7 | 8.8 | 335 | 16 (25) | 1.06-a | 3.6 | 350 | 20 (22) | 2.46-c | 2.66-d | ||
| 35–49 | 320 | 33 (46) | 3.8 | 11.9 | 371 | 16 (22) | 0.86-a | 2.4 | 357 | 20 (28) | 1.76-b | 2.86-d | ||
| 50–64 | 184 | 20 (31) | 0.5 | 6.0 | 349 | 13 (22) | 0.3 | 2.0 | 271 | 14 (20) | 0.3 | 1.96-e | ||
| Women | ||||||||||||||
| All | 1109 | 6 (12) | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1203 | 3 (7) | 0.026-a | 0.2 | 1159 | 3 (7) | 0.046-a 6-f | 0.2 | ||
| 19–34 | 459 | 7 (14) | 0.1 | 0.9 | 340 | 4 (8) | 0.16-b | 0.0 | 359 | 4 (6) | 0.1 | 0.06-e | ||
| 35–49 | 376 | 6 (12) | 0.1 | 0.5 | 394 | 4 (9) | 0.06-b | 0.5 | 407 | 3 (6) | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 50–64 | 274 | 3 (8) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 469 | 2 (4) | 0.016-b | 0.0 | 393 | 3 (8) | 0.0 | 0.5 | ||
| Respondents who consumed alcohol during the previous week | ||||||||||||||
| Men | ||||||||||||||
| All | 694 | 37 (45) | 21.1 | 12.1 | 693 | 22 (25) | 14.66-a | 4.0 | 711 | 25 (25) | 17.06-a 6-f | 3.46-d | ||
| 19–34 | 315 | 37 (46) | 21.6 | 11.1 | 224 | 23 (27) | 14.86-a | 5.4 | 279 | 25 (22) | 17.16-b | 3.26-d | ||
| 35–49 | 263 | 40 (48) | 22.4 | 14.4 | 258 | 23 (24) | 15.96-a | 3.5 | 271 | 27 (29) | 17.46-b | 3.76-d | ||
| 50–64 | 116 | 31 (35) | 17.4 | 9.5 | 211 | 21 (25) | 13.16-b | 3.3 | 161 | 23 (21) | 16.1 | 3.16-e | ||
| Women | ||||||||||||||
| All | 523 | 13 (15) | 8.0 | 1.1 | 426 | 8 (10) | 5.66-a | 5.6 | 483 | 8 (9) | 5.66-a | 0.4 | ||
| 19–34 | 246 | 13 (16) | 8.4 | 1.6 | 159 | 9 (10) | 5.76-a | 0.0 | 186 | 7 (6) | 5.56-a | 0.0 | ||
| 35–49 | 189 | 13 (14) | 8.2 | 1.1 | 159 | 9 (13) | 6.06-b | 1.3 | 181 | 7 (7) | 2.06-a | 0.0 | ||
| 50–64 | 88 | 10 (12) | 6.3 | 0.0 | 108 | 7 (7) | 5.0 | 0.0 | 116 | 9 (13) | 6.1 | 1.7 | ||
↵6-a Different from Estonia, p<0.001;
↵6-b Different from Estonia, p<0.05;
↵6-c Different from Latvia, p<0.001;
↵6-d Variations among countries for the proportion of heavy drinkers, p<0.001;
↵6-e Variations among countries for the proportion of heavy drinkers, p<005;
↵6-f Different from Latvia, p<0.05.