Health determiners. Absolute figures
Average age of initiation in alcoholic beverages consumption regularly by sex and Autonomous Community. Average and standard deviation. Population of 15 years old and over that sometimes consumes alcoholic beverages
Units: average and standard deviation

	Average	Standard deviation	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	17.84	4.22	
    Andalucía	18.06	4.06	
    Aragón	17.40	4.41	
    Asturias, Principado de	17.42	3.90	
    Balears, Illes	17.76	4.19	
    Canarias	18.86	5.74	
    Cantabria	17.50	3.20	
    Castilla y León	18.05	4.25	
    Castilla-La Mancha	17.47	3.82	
    Cataluña	17.64	3.58	
    Comunitat Valenciana	17.87	4.70	
    Extremadura	17.87	3.78	
    Galicia	17.74	3.65	
    Madrid, Comunidad de	18.07	4.62	
    Murcia, Región de	18.14	3.81	
    Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	16.85	5.12	
    País Vasco	16.97	3.59	
    Rioja, La	17.31	3.75	
    Ceuta	18.93	4.70	
    Melilla	17.39	1.35	
MALES	
    Total	17.10	3.17	
    Andalucía	17.27	3.13	
    Aragón	16.56	3.01	
    Asturias, Principado de	16.41	2.59	
    Balears, Illes	16.91	3.31	
    Canarias	17.42	3.29	
    Cantabria	16.80	2.05	
    Castilla y León	17.53	3.02	
    Castilla-La Mancha	16.85	2.50	
    Cataluña	16.95	2.77	
    Comunitat Valenciana	17.29	4.28	
    Extremadura	17.27	2.57	
    Galicia	17.02	2.44	
    Madrid, Comunidad de	17.30	3.28	
    Murcia, Región de	17.44	2.94	
    Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	16.05	3.19	
    País Vasco	16.48	2.82	
    Rioja, La	16.49	2.85	
    Ceuta	18.39	4.99	
    Melilla	17.32	1.26	
FEMALES	
    Total	18.80	5.14	
    Andalucía	19.16	4.86	
    Aragón	18.52	5.59	
    Asturias, Principado de	18.61	4.75	
    Balears, Illes	18.81	4.88	
    Canarias	20.69	7.43	
    Cantabria	18.23	3.93	
    Castilla y León	18.82	5.51	
    Castilla-La Mancha	18.34	5.02	
    Cataluña	18.50	4.22	
    Comunitat Valenciana	18.57	5.06	
    Extremadura	19.01	5.20	
    Galicia	18.71	4.65	
    Madrid, Comunidad de	19.11	5.79	
    Murcia, Región de	18.92	4.46	
    Navarra, Comunidad Foral de	18.11	6.98	
    País Vasco	17.57	4.28	
    Rioja, La	18.34	4.43	
    Ceuta	19.56	4.25	
    Melilla	17.62	1.56	
Notes:
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample.
 The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution,  as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error.
Source: Ministry of Public Health, Social Services and Equality and INE