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Binge drinking

Binge drinking

Period: April 2016
Questions: During the past year, how often do you have at least 5 or more drinks on one occasion? That means the total number of glasses and cans of any type of alcohol, and one occasion means period of a few hours.


Number of times Male
Number (%)		 Female
Number (%)		 Overall
Number (%)
Never 1 306 (68.7%) 1 923 (88.6%) 3 228 (79.3%)
Yes, once a month or less 414 (21.8%) 182 (8.4%) 596 (14.6%)
Yes, twice a month 29 (1.6%) 10 (0.5%) 40 (1.0%)
Yes, three times a month or more 98 (5.2%) 30 (1.4%) 128 (3.1%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 53 (2.8%) 26 (1.2%) 79 (1.9%)
Total 1 900 (100.0%) 2 171 (100.0%) 4 071 (100.0%)

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.