Table 3 Frequency (%) of drinking each type of beverage by gender, country and age group, 2000-2006
From: Alcohol consumption in Estonia and Finland: Finbalt survey 1994-2006
Type of beverage | Estonia | Finland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | Total | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | Total | |
Men | ||||||||||
Spirits | ||||||||||
never | 9.3 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
a few times a year | 33.6 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 31.9 | 31.7 | 45.6 | 44.6 | 40.1 | 36.1 | 41.3 |
a few times a month | 40.6 | 36.9 | 36.0 | 32.7 | 36.7 | 32.6 | 28.9 | 25.5 | 25.3 | 27.7 |
a few times a week | 15.6 | 23.0 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 20.4 | 11.4 | 15.9 | 22.1 | 26.5 | 19.6 |
daily | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
Beer | ||||||||||
never | 11.3 | 9.5 | 15.2 | 18.1 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 11.6 |
a few times a year | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 15.6 | 17.8 | 14.8 |
a few times a month | 25.7 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 22.0 | 22.3 | 23.0 | 19.6 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 18.4 |
a few times a week | 40.5 | 43.5 | 38.2 | 32.5 | 38.9 | 50.1 | 52.1 | 49.7 | 44.4 | 49.0 |
daily | 11.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 6.2 |
Wine | ||||||||||
never | 21.5 | 23.6 | 26.8 | 32.4 | 25.7 | 25.1 | 19.5 | 23.5 | 21.9 | 22.4 |
a few times a year | 43.5 | 40.2 | 39.7 | 36.8 | 40.3 | 40.1 | 41.2 | 37.5 | 38.4 | 39.2 |
a few times a month | 27.6 | 23.0 | 21.3 | 19.8 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 22.1 | 18.0 | 15.6 | 19.4 |
a few times a week | 7.2 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 16.7 | 19.2 | 22.3 | 17.9 |
daily | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
Women | ||||||||||
Spirits | ||||||||||
never | 30.5 | 25.9 | 21.7 | 30.7 | 27.1 | 20.8 | 22.2 | 23.6 | 32.3 | 24.7 |
a few times a year | 47.6 | 47.3 | 52.3 | 51.7 | 49.7 | 63.6 | 61.1 | 56.0 | 49.7 | 57.5 |
a few times a month | 17.6 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 14.8 | 18.6 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 11.9 | 13.1 |
a few times a week | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
daily | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Beer | ||||||||||
never | 43.2 | 43.0 | 47.3 | 60.8 | 48.4 | 44.4 | 31.5 | 31.8 | 44.0 | 37.4 |
a few times a year | 25.7 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 22.8 | 25.4 | 21.9 | 24.3 | 26.6 | 26.3 | 24.9 |
a few times a months | 20.1 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 10.3 | 15.6 | 18.4 | 17.5 | 16.0 | 10.6 | 15.6 |
a few times a week | 10.3 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 9.9 | 14.9 | 26.1 | 23.6 | 18.0 | 21.0 |
daily | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Wine | ||||||||||
never | 11.5 | 13.4 | 18.4 | 28.9 | 18.0 | 18.7 | 15.5 | 19.5 | 23.8 | 19.4 |
a few times a year | 40.6 | 39.8 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 42.9 | 41.5 | 40.3 | 39.8 | 40.5 | 40.5 |
a few times a month | 36.8 | 33.0 | 27.3 | 20.1 | 29.4 | 27.3 | 24.2 | 20.4 | 16.5 | 22.0 |
a few times a week | 10.7 | 13.0 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 9.3 | 12.4 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 17.7 | 17.4 |
daily | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 |