Table 1 Distribution of drinking profiles at wave 0 and attrition rate at wave 5

Number of participants in Wave 0

11,120

100

Number of participants in Wave 5

5868

47.2

Non-drinking (never and stopped)

1222

10.9

Drinking Profile 0-A: “always non-drinker”

602

5.4

60.3

Drinking Profile 0-B: “stopped drinking”

620

5.5

61

Low risk drinking (below threshold: men <21, women <14 units per week)

7684

69

Drinking Profile 1: Low risk drinking: Occasional-social (monthly or less)

2804

25.2

48.4

Drinking Profile 2: Low risk drinking (less than 4 times per week)

3763

33.8

44.8

Drinking Profile 3: Low risk drinking (almost every day)

1117

10

46

Focal drinking (above threshold but less than 4 times per week)

525

4.7

Drinking Profile 4: FOCAL DRINKING- above threshold but less than 4 times per week AND hazardous (Men > 21 units; Women > 14 units)

486

4.3

39.9

Drinking Profile 5: FOCAL DRINKING- above threshold but less than 4 times per week AND high risk (Men > 50 units; Women > 35 units

39

0.3

51.3

Heavy drinking (above threshold and almost every day)

1689

15.1

Drinking Profile 6: HEAVY DRINKING- above threshold and almost every day) AND hazardous (Men > 21 units; Women > 14 units]

1356

12.1

42.3

Drinking Profile 7: HEAVY DRINKING- above threshold and almost every day) AND high risk (Men > 50 units; Women > 35 units)

333

3

49.8