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Table 3 Trends in the proportion (%) of non-drinkers among health and health behaviour sub-groups, HSE2005–2015a

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

Health Behaviours

 Smoking status

  Non-smokers

23

28

22

27

28

31

27

34

33

36

34

6393

p < 0.001

50

  Smokers

12

14

10

13

13

15

15

11

15

17

16

3257

0.083

36

 BMI category

  Normal/underweight

17

23

19

22

26

25

21

28

27

30

26

5523

p < 0.001

55

  Overweight/obese

17

22

15

21

17

22

25

21

24

29

29

2976

p < 0.001

74

 Fruit and vegetable consumption categories

  Five or more portions of fruit and veg

20

24

18

24

29

27

23

25

26

2494

0.084

30

  Three to four

17

23

20

22

21

25

25

33

32

2843

p < 0.001

91

  0–2

18

23

16

22

21

26

22

26

28

2863

0.002

55

 Physical Activity

  Low

43

39

35

1496

0.149

−19

  Medium

25

30

30

1628

0.142

19

  High

15

23

22

1706

0.039

44

Health

 GHQ score

  Zero

20

21

24

20

27

28

37

3619

p < 0.001

79

  One or more (less than optimal)

14

23

20

27

22

23

22

2638

0.174

54

 WEMWBS score

  Mid to high wellbeing

24

22

24

26

30

29

3482

0.006

18

  Low wellbeing

23

23

24

30

29

27

2477

0.237

19

 Longstanding illness (LSI)

  No longstanding illness

18

23

19

23

22

24

23

27

28

31

30

7676

p < 0.001

67

  Longstanding illness

20

25

13b

23

29

33

24

27

26

30

25

2019

0.02

25

  1. aFigures in bold indicate statistical significantly different to 2005, for 95% confidence intervals see Additional file 1: Table S3
  2. bAlternative Baseline year, where no difference found with 2005