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Table 2 Lifetime and current use of alcohol, and the most commonly consumed types by sex, June 2009

From: Substance use and its predictors among undergraduate medical students of Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia

 

Sex

  

Alcohol use

Male, n (%)

Female, n (%)

Total, n (%)

p-value

Ever drunk alcohol

    

   Yes

151 (35.4)

44 (22.4)

195 (31.4)

0.001

   No

275 (64.6)

152 (77.6)

427 (68.6)

 

Drunk alcohol within the last 12 months

    

   Yes

107 (25.1)

28 (14.3)

135 (21.6)

0.002

   No

319 (74.9)

168 (85.7)

487 (78.4)

 

Drunk alcohol within the last 30 days

    

   Yes

48 (11.3)

10 (5.1)

58 (9.3)

0.014

   No

378 (88.7)

186 (94.6)

564 (90.7)

 

Consumed alcohol within the last 7 days

    

   Yes

27 (6.3)

6 (3.1)

33 (5.3)

0.090

   No

399 (93.7)

190 (96.9)

589 (94.7)

 

Currently drinking alcohol

    

   Yes

24 (5.6)

4 (2.0)

28 (4.5)

0.045

   No

402 (94.4)

192 (98.0)

594 (95.5)

 

Total, N (%)

426 (68.5)

196 (31.5)

622 (100)

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