Table 5.2

Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level, by age within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over										1999
Alcohol consumption level (units per week)		Age group
		Men					Women
		16-34	35-54	55 +	All men		16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed
Black Caribbean
% drinking over 21/14a units a week	17		19	17	18	8		13	3	9
Mean units consumed	10.8		13.5	10.9	11.5	5.0		5.5	1.5	4.3
Standard error	1.01		1.72	1.29	0.75	0.52		0.53	0.26	0.29
Indian
% drinking over 21/14a units a week	15		12	15	14	5		1	-	2
Mean units consumed	9.1		8.5	7.8	8.6	2.4		1.1	0.2	1.5
Standard error	0.99		0.89	1.30	0.59	0.41		0.32	0.12	0.22
Pakistani
% drinking over 21/14a units a week	2		2	-	2	1		-	-	1
Mean units consumed	1.5		2.3	0.8	1.7	0.3		0.3	0.0	0.3
Standard error	0.60		1.02	0.32	0.47	0.14		0.12	-	0.09
Bangladeshi
% drinking over 21/14a units a week	1		-	-	1	-		-	-	-
Mean units consumed	2.9		0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0		0.1	0.0	0.0
Standard error	1.38		0.13	-	0.71	0.01		0.07	-	0.02
Chinese
% drinking over 21/14a units a week	5		3	2	3	9		2	-	4
Mean units consumed	5.1		4.3	2.4	4.2	3.5		1.9	0.7	2.2
Standard error	0.76		0.66	1.02	0.45	0.71		0.46	0.23	0.33
Irish
% drinking over 21/14a units a week	40		34	29	34	28		20	9	19
Mean units consumed	26.5		18.4	18.2	20.4	11.7		8.4	5.5	8.5
Standard error	2.25		1.26	2.35	1.07	1.14		0.59	0.80	0.48
General population
% drinking over 21/14a units a week	39		31	21	30	23		17	10	16
Mean units consumed	23.2		18.1	12.4	17.5	9.9		7.5	4.6	7.2
Standard error	0.96		0.58	0.47	0.39	0.42		0.26	0.20	0.17
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	134		89	128	351	180		188	122	490
Indian	209		251	124	584	244		255	108	607
Pakistani	182		118	47	347	217		117	31	364
Bangladeshi	66		37	29	132	86		33	14	134
Chinese	32		42	19	93	34		62	17	112
Irish	378		706	446	1530	547		876	538	1961
General population	12020		15665	15118	42804	14491		19161	17741	51393
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	196		138	191	525	266		282	178	726
Indian	221		266	125	612	257		275	113	645
Pakistani	309		215	77	601	372		203	56	631
Bangladeshi	254		142	116	512	338		144	58	540
Chinese	101		127	65	293	106		194	58	358
Irish	133		237	161	531	198		300	203	701
General population	1006		1295	1215	3516	1215		1582	1404	4201

^a 21 for men, 14 for women.

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