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Table 2 Frequency of occasions with heavy episodic drinking (HED) defined as 4/5 drinks or more on one occasion, n = 1186.

From: Alcohol use among university students in Sweden measured by an electronic screening instrument

  

HED

 

Age

Gender

Never

Less than once

a month

At least once

a month and less than

once a week

At least once

a week

No. of participants

  

%

%

%

%

 

18–20 years

Male

6,3

9,8

50,9

33,0

112

 

Female

14,7

14,7

50,0

20,6

136

21–25 years

Male

4,5

9,1

43,5

42,9

375

 

Female

8,7

12,0

56,6

22,7

401

26–30 years

Male

13,3

20,0

46,7

20,0

30

 

Female

25,9

24,1

38,9

11,1

54

31–35 years

Male

0

28,6

42,9

28,6

7

 

Female

21,7

39,1

26,1

13,0

23

> 35 years

Male

22,2

44,4

22,2

11,1

9

 

Female

43,6

30,8

17,9

7,7

39

All ages

Male

5,6

10,7

44,8

38,8

533

 

Female

13,9

15,6

50,4

20,1

653