Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures Average age at beginning to consume alcoholic beverages regularly, by sex and nationality. Average and standard deviation. Population aged 16 years old and over that consumes or has consumed alcoholic beverages at some point in time Units: average and standard deviation ,Average,Standard deviation, BOTH SEXES, Total, Total,18.92,5.49, 16 to 24 years of age,16.64,1.94, 25 to 64 years of age,18.89,4.70, 65 years old and over,21.20,9.25, Spanish, Total,18.91,5.59, 16 to 24 years of age,16.58,1.85, 25 to 64 years of age,18.81,4.69, 65 years old and over,21.21,9.27, Foreign, Total,19.06,4.66, 16 to 24 years of age,17.00,2.38, 25 to 64 years of age,19.43,4.70, 65 years old and over,20.57,8.31, No data recorded, Total,17.83,5.23, 16 to 24 years of age,18.13,0.90, 25 to 64 years of age,15.88,5.08, 65 years old and over,27.00,0.00, MALES, Total, Total,17.95,4.15, 16 to 24 years of age,16.48,2.02, 25 to 64 years of age,17.96,3.59, 65 years old and over,19.11,6.72, Spanish, Total,17.95,4.21, 16 to 24 years of age,16.42,1.90, 25 to 64 years of age,17.93,3.58, 65 years old and over,19.12,6.76, Foreign, Total,18.02,3.52, 16 to 24 years of age,16.82,2.65, 25 to 64 years of age,18.26,3.61, 65 years old and over,18.44,4.19, No data recorded, Total,17.06,6.13, 16 to 24 years of age,17.32,0.47, 25 to 64 years of age,14.25,5.16, 65 years old and over,27.00,0.00, FEMALES, Total, Total,20.24,6.69, 16 to 24 years of age,16.84,1.82, 25 to 64 years of age,20.14,5.63, 65 years old and over,24.52,11.48, Spanish, Total,20.24,6.85, 16 to 24 years of age,16.78,1.78, 25 to 64 years of age,20.05,5.66, 65 years old and over,24.56,11.49, Foreign, Total,20.22,5.43, 16 to 24 years of age,17.21,1.99, 25 to 64 years of age,20.71,5.38, 65 years old and over,23.20,10.97, No data recorded, Total,19.54,0.50, 16 to 24 years of age,19.00,0.00, 25 to 64 years of age,20.00,0.00, 65 years old and over,..,.., Notes: 1) Population aged 16 years old and over that consumes or has consumed alcoholic beverages at some point in time The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors. The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which is not collected. The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero'. Source: Ministry of Health and Consumption and INE