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