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Table 5 Alcohol consumption in grams per day in 2120 German adults by gender and age

From: Overweight, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol consumption in a cross-sectional random sample of German adults

Females

Age class (years)

Ex-drinkers

Non-drinkers

>0–20 grams alcohol/day

>20–40 grams alcohol/day

>40–80 grams alcohol/day

>80 grams alcohol/day

Total

18 – 30

5 (2.5%)

103 (51.0%)

84 (41.6%)

8 (4.0%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.5%)

202 (18.1%)

31 – 40

6 (2.1%)

128 (44.0%)

133 (45.7%)

21 (7.2%)

3 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

291 (26.1%)

41 – 50

10 (3.7%)

104 (38.2%)

126 (46.3%)

27 (9.9%)

5 (1.8%)

0 (0.0%)

272 (24.4%)

51 – 65

21 (6.0%)

141 (40.2%)

151 (43.0%)

32 (9.1%)

6 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

351 (31.5%)

Total

42 (3.8%)

476 (42.7%)

494 (44.3%)

88 (7.9%)

15 (1.3%)

1 (0.1%)

1116 (100.0%)

Males

Age class (years)

Ex-drinkers

Non-drinkers

>0–20 grams alcohol/day

>20–40 grams alcohol/day

>40–80 grams alcohol/day

>80 grams alcohol/day

Total

18 – 30

9 (4.5%)

62 (31.0%)

80 (40.0%)

26 (13.0%)

14 (7.0%)

9 (4.5%)

200 (19.9%)

31 – 40

7 (2.6%)

75 (27.8%)

102 (37.8%)

49 (18.2%)

28 (10.4%)

9 (3.3%)

270 (26.7%)

41 – 50

9 (4.2%)

37 (17.1%)

99 (45.6%)

44 (20.3%)

25 (11.5%)

3 (1.4%)

217 (21.6%)

51 – 65

22 (6.9%)

57 (18.0%)

126 (39.8%)

67 (21.1%)

38 (12.0%)

7 (2.2%)

317 (31.6%)

Total

47 (4.7%)

231 (23.0%)

407 (40.5%)

186 (18.5%)

105 (10.5%)

28 (2.8%)

1004 (100.0%)