Figure 2

Proportion (%) of respondents consuming alcohol at least once a week by gender, country and age group, Finbalt survey 2000-2006. Consumption of any type of alcoholic beverages at least weekly was similar among men in both countries (62.9% and 62.3%, respectively), but it was lower among women in Estonia than in Finland (20.7% and 33.9%, respectively). Approximately three times as many men as women in Estonia and twice as many in Finland drank alcohol at least once a week. The proportion of people who drank any type of alcoholic beverages at least once a week varied across age groups. It was the highest in the age group 35-44 among men and women in Estonia but grew steadily with age among men in Finland, and reached a higher level among 35-54-year-old women in Finland.