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Table 1 Trends in the proportion (%) non-drinking and drinking pattern among 16–24-year olds, HSE 2005–2015a

From: Investigating the growing trend of non-drinking among young people; analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys in England 2005–2015

 

Year

N

p-value trend

% Change 2005–2015

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Types of non-drinkers

 All

18

23

18

23

24

26

23

27

28

31

29

9699

p < 0.001

61

  Lifetime abstainer

9

14

10

12

13

14

14

16

18

19

17

9699

p < 0.001

89

  Ex-drinker

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

9699

0.371

0

  Occasional drinker

7

7

7

8

9

10

8

9

8

9

10

9699

0.028

43

Not drinking in the last week

 Not drinking in the last week

35

42

39

43

42

48

45

48

48

52

50

9489

p < 0.001

43

 Not drinking in last week (drinkers only)

22

25

27

28

26

31

29

30

30

34

33

7152

p < 0.001

50

Drinking on heaviest drinking day

 Within limits

22

16

19

17

17

14

18

18

19

17

22

9489

0.258

0

 Above limit

43

43

43

40

41

38

37

34

33

31

28

9489

p < 0.001

−35

 Binge

27

29

33

29

32

24

25

23

22

19

18

9489

p < 0.001

−35

  1. aFigures in bold indicate statistical significantly different to 2005, for 95% confidence intervals see Additional file 1: Table S1