European Health Survey CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Frequency of heavy drinking of alcohol in the last 12 months by sex and age group. Population aged 15 years old and over that had consumed sometime. Units: percentage TOTAL Daily or almost daily From 1 to 4 days a week From 1 to 3 days a month Less than once a month Never Both sexes TOTAL 100.00 0.61 3.16 9.79 19.06 67.38 From 15 to 24 years old 100.00 0.00 5.63 16.53 27.94 49.90 From 25 to 34 years old 100.00 0.21 5.64 16.34 25.99 51.83 From 35 to 44 years old 100.00 0.37 2.59 10.27 23.77 63.01 From 45 to 54 years old 100.00 0.82 2.72 8.35 18.27 69.85 From 55 to 64 years old 100.00 1.42 2.32 6.11 12.45 77.70 From 65 to 74 years old 100.00 0.90 1.55 3.65 7.31 86.58 Aged 75 years old and over 100.00 0.58 0.25 1.96 5.54 91.66 Men TOTAL 100.00 0.85 4.23 12.31 21.89 60.72 From 15 to 24 years old 100.00 0.00 8.17 19.40 28.01 44.42 From 25 to 34 years old 100.00 0.38 7.09 20.55 29.04 42.94 From 35 to 44 years old 100.00 0.40 3.38 12.48 29.21 54.53 From 45 to 54 years old 100.00 1.02 3.61 12.06 22.08 61.22 From 55 to 64 years old 100.00 2.10 3.33 8.36 15.22 71.00 From 65 to 74 years old 100.00 1.31 2.34 3.95 8.43 83.97 Aged 75 years old and over 100.00 0.94 0.45 2.47 5.69 90.45 Women TOTAL 100.00 0.29 1.80 6.58 15.43 75.90 From 15 to 24 years old 100.00 0.00 2.77 13.30 27.87 56.06 From 25 to 34 years old 100.00 0.00 3.80 11.03 22.14 63.02 From 35 to 44 years old 100.00 0.33 1.59 7.46 16.86 73.77 From 45 to 54 years old 100.00 0.56 1.55 3.54 13.32 81.03 From 55 to 64 years old 100.00 0.54 1.01 3.18 8.86 86.42 From 65 to 74 years old 100.00 0.32 0.40 3.22 5.67 90.39 Aged 75 years old and over 100.00 0.12 0.00 1.30 5.35 93.23 Notes: 1) In this table an intensive alcohol cosumer is considered to be a man that consumes in the period From 4 to 6 hours more than 6 units of standard drink 60 g of pure alcohol and to that woman that cosumes more 5 units of standard drink 50 g of pure alcohol at the same time. The symbol '.' shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for that classification of the table The data corresponding to cells with less than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error Source: National Statistics Institute