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Table 2 Trends in prevalence (%) of heavy and frequent drinking and samogon consumption by age group, area and education

From: Drinking in transition: trends in alcohol consumption in Russia 1994-2004

  

1994

1995

1996

1998

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Males

          

Frequent, heavy spirit cons.*

         

Education

Incompl 2ry

17.9 (16.9-18.8)

16.5 (15.4-17.5)

16.1 (15.3-17.0)

11.0 (10.2-11.8)

14.6 (13.5-15.7)

18.0 (16.8-19.2)

20.8 (19.7-21.8)

15.3 (14.3-16.3)

17.4 (16.3-18.6)

 

Compl. 2ry

14.1 (13.1-15.0)

14.6 (13.5-15.6)

14.7 (13.5-15.9)

10.9 (9.8-11.9)

14.3 (13.1-15.5)

16.3 (15.3-17.4)

15.4 (14.3-16.5)

14.5 (13.4-15.5)

13.6 (12.6-14.5)

 

Higher

12.0 (11-13.1)

10.9 (9.8-12)

13.1 (11.9-14.3)

9.2 (7.9-10.4)

11.0 (9.9-12.1)

13.6 (12.3-15.0)

13.6 (12.2-15.0)

13.8 (12.4-15.3)

10.9 (9.9-11.9)

Area

Urban

13.3 (12.6-13.9)

13.3 (12.7-14.0)

14.6 (14.0-15.3)

9.9 (9.4-10.5)

13.0 (12.3-13.7)

17.0 (16.2-17.7)

17.5 (16.7-18.3)

14.6 (13.8-15.3)

13.5 (12.8-14.2)

 

Rural

13.8 (12.8-14.8)

14.5 (13.5-15.5)

13.2 (12.3-14.1)

8.7 (7.9-9.5)

10.4 (9.6-11.3)

11.4 (10.5-12.3)

12.2 (11.4-13.0)

12.9 (11.9-13.9)

14.3 (13.2-15.4)

 

Mosc/St Pete

16.8 (14.6-18.9)

20.1 (17.6-22.7)

20.1 (17.4-22.8)

16.7 (14.0-19.5)

23.4 (19.6-27.2)

17.8 (15.4-20.3)

13.3 (11.2-15.3)

13.9 (11.5-16.3)

11.2 (9.2-13.3)

Age band

18-39

12.7 (11.9-13.5)

14.4 (13.5-15.3)

13.7 (12.8-14.6)

9.6 (8.8-10.5)

12.5 (11.5-13.5)

17.8 (16.6-19.0)

17.4 (16.0-18.8)

14.0 (12.8-15.2)

14.5 (13.6-15.5)

 

40-59

18.5 (17.5-19.4)

16.2 (15.2-17.1)

18.5 (17.4-19.6)

13.3 (12.4-14.1)

14.0 (12.9-15.2)

16.7 (15.5-17.9)

16.2 (15.2-17.2)

18.2 (17.0-19.4)

15.8 (14.8-16.9)

 

60 and over

11.4 (10.3-12.5)

12.2 (11.0-13.4)

11.3 (9.8-12.8)

6.5 (5.4-7.5)

12.4 (11.2-13.7)

11.6 (10.5-12.7)

13.6 (12.3-15.0)

11.8 (10.3-13.2)

11.7 (10.0-13.5)

Samogon

          

Education

Incompl 2ry

7.8 (7.0-8.5)

8.4 (7.6-9.2)

8.4 (7.5-9.2)

15.5 (14.3-16.7)

23.9 (22.5-25.3)

22.2 (20.8-23.6)

20.5 (18.8-22.2)

18 (16.6-19.5)

19 (17.3-20.7)

 

Compl. 2ry

6.7 (5.8-7.6)

4.6 (3.9-5.3)

6.5 (5.5-7.4)

12.1 (11.0-13.3)

15.3 (13.7-16.8)

16.7 (15.1-18.4)

15.9 (14.5-17.4)

13.2 (11.7-14.7)

11.8 (10.6-13.0)

 

Higher

2.9 (2.4-3.5)

2.6 (1.8-3.4)

3.4 (2.7-4.1)

7.7 (6.4-9.1)

10.3 (8.7-12)

9.3 (7.6-10.9)

9.4 (7.5-11.4)

8.7 (7.0-10.4)

6.0 (4.6-7.5)

Area

Urban

4.5 (4.1-4.8)

3.8 (3.5-4.2)

5.0 (4.6-5.3)

9.8 (9.2-10.3)

13.6 (12.9-14.3)

14.1 (13.5-14.8)

14.0 (13.3-14.6)

11.4 (10.8-12)

10.3 (9.7-10.9)

 

Rural

10.9 (10.0-11.7)

10.5 (9.6-11.3)

10.7 (9.9-11.6)

18.9 (17.8-20.0)

26.5 (25.2-27.7)

27.9 (26.6-29.2)

24.4 (23.2-25.6)

22.5 (21.4-23.7)

18.3 (17.3-19.4)

 

Mosc/St Pete

1.4 (0.8-2.1)

0.5 (0.0-0.9)

0.8 (0.3-1.3)

2.6 (1.4-3.7)

2.9 (1.7-4.2)

2.3 (1.4-3.3)

2.4 (1.5-3.4)

2.3 (1.0-3.5)

2.8 (1.6-4.0)

Age band

18-39

4.9 (4.3-5.4)

4.6 (4-5.3)

5.0 (4.4-5.7)

10.9 (10.0-11.8)

16.4 (14.9-17.9)

14.8 (13.4-16.1)

13.6 (12.0-15.1)

11.8 (10.3-13.2)

9.9 (8.5-11.2)

 

40-59

7.1 (6.3-8.0)

6.1 (5.3-6.9)

7.2 (6.4-8.1)

11.1 (9.8-12.4)

16.8 (15.2-18.3)

16 (14.5-17.5)

15.3 (13.7-16.8)

15 (13.5-16.5)

12.7 (11.3-14)

 

60 and over

8.0 (6.8-9.1)

6.2 (5.0-7.4)

7.7 (6.4-9.0)

12.3 (10.8-13.8)

18.2 (16.2-20.1)

20.7 (18.6-22.8)

19.1 (17.1-21.1)

16.7 (14.6-18.7)

16.1 (14.0-18.2)

Female

          

Frequent, heavy spirit cons.*

         

Education

Incompl 2ry

1.8 (1.6-1.9)

2.3 (2.1-2.5)

2.1 (1.9-2.3)

1.2 (1.0-1.3)

1.6 (1.4-1.7)

2.7 (2.5-2.9)

3.5 (3.2-3.9)

1.9 (1.7-2.1)

2.9 (2.7-3.2)

 

Compl. 2ry

1.3 (1.0-1.6)

1.1 (0.8-1.4)

1.5 (1.1-1.9)

0.7 (0.5-1.0)

1.2 (1.0-1.5)

1.6 (1.2-1.9)

1.5 (1.2-1.7)

1.2 (0.9-1.4)

1.3 (1.0-1.6)

 

Higher

0.7 (0.5-0.9)

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

0.7 (0.5-0.9)

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

1.5 (1.3-1.7)

1.2 (1.0-1.4)

0.9 (0.8-1.1)

Area

Urban

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

1.2 (1.1-1.3)

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

1.8 (1.7-2.0)

1.3 (1.1-1.4)

1.3 (1.2-1.5)

 

Rural

0.6 (0.5-0.7)

0.8 (0.7-0.9)

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

0.9 (0.8-1.1)

0.9 (0.8-1.1)

1.6 (1.4-1.8)

1.4 (1.2-1.5)

1.5 (1.3-1.6)

1.5 (1.3-1.6)

 

Mosc/St Pete

2.1 (1.7-2.5)

3.0 (2.4-3.7)

1.8 (1.3-2.3)

1.9 (1.3-2.4)

0.4 (0.2-0.7)

1.7 (1.2-2.2)

1.9 (1.4-2.4)

1.3 (0.8-1.8)

1.2 (0.8-1.5)

Age band

18-39

1.4 (1.1-1.6)

1.5 (1.2-1.8)

1.2 (1.0-1.5)

1.1 (0.8-1.4)

1.5 (1.2-1.8)

2.5 (2.0-2.9)

3.3 (2.8-3.8)

2.0 (1.7-2.4)

1.8 (1.4-2.2)

 

40-59

0.8 (0.7-1.0)

1.7 (1.4-2.0)

1.3 (1.1-1.4)

0.7 (0.5-0.8)

1.2 (1.0-1.5)

1.6 (1.4-1.8)

1.4 (1.1-1.6)

1.6 (1.4-1.9)

1.3 (1.1-1.6)

 

60 and over

0.2 (0.1-0.2)

0.6 (0.5-0.7)

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

0.7 (0.6-0.7)

0.2 (0.2-0.3)

0.5 (0.5-0.6)

0.5 (0.4-0.5)

0.3 (0.2-0.3)

0.8 (0.7-0.9)

Samogon

          

Education

Incompl 2ry

1.7 (1.6-1.9)

1.4 (1.3-1.6)

2.1 (1.9-2.3)

4.1 (3.8-4.3)

7.8 (7.4-8.2)

8.1 (7.7-8.5)

7.2 (6.7-7.6)

5.9 (5.5-6.3)

5.0 (4.7-5.3)

 

Compl. 2ry

1.3 (0.9-1.8)

0.7 (0.5-0.8)

1.2 (0.9-1.4)

3.7 (3.2-4.2)

4.7 (4.0-5.3)

4.9 (4.1-5.7)

4.4 (3.6-5.1)

2.8 (2.2-3.4)

2.9 (2.3-3.5)

 

Higher

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

0.5 (0.4-0.7)

0.5 (0.4-0.7)

2.2 (1.8-2.6)

3.3 (2.8-3.7)

3.3 (2.9-3.7)

3.1 (2.6-3.6)

2.2 (1.8-2.6)

1.5 (1.2-1.8)

Area

Urban

0.9 (0.8-0.9)

0.7 (0.7-0.8)

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

2.5 (2.4-2.6)

4.2 (4.0-4.4)

4.3 (4.1-4.5)

4.1 (3.9-4.3)

2.8 (2.6-3.0)

2.2 (2.0-2.3)

 

Rural

1.5 (1.4-1.7)

1.6 (1.4-1.7)

1.8 (1.6-2.0)

6.5 (6.2-6.9)

7.4 (7.0-7.7)

8.2 (7.8-8.6)

7.5 (7.2-7.9)

5.4 (5.0-5.7)

5.6 (5.2-6.0)

 

Mosc/St Pete

0.2 (0.1-0.3)

0

0

1.4 (0.8-1.9)

0.7 (0.4-1.1)

1.1 (0.8-1.5)

1.0 (0.7-1.4)

0.9 (0.5-1.3)

0

Age band

18-39

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

0.9 (0.7-1.2)

0.9 (0.7-1.1)

3.6 (3.0-4.1)

5.1 (4.3-5.9)

5.0 (4.3-5.8)

4.8 (3.9-5.7)

3.5 (2.9-4.1)

2.6 (2.0-3.1)

 

40-59

1.4 (1.2-1.6)

0.9 (0.7-1.1)

1.4 (1.2-1.6)

4.1 (3.6-4.5)

6.2 (5.6-6.8)

6.0 (5.4-6.7)

4.9 (4.2-5.5)

2.9 (2.5-3.3)

3.6 (3.1-4.2)

 

60 and over

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

0.8 (0.7-0.9)

1.0 (0.9-1.1)

2.7 (2.5-2.9)

3.2 (3.0-3.4)

3.6 (3.4-3.8)

4.3 (4.0-4.5)

3.3 (3.1-3.6)

2.6 (2.4-2.8)