Category:Statistics on Binge drinking



UK adults and adolescents are among the worst binge drinkers in Europe, says an Institute of Alcohol Studies report. The average rate of binge drinking in the UK is about once every 13 days - the third highest rate in Europe.

And over the last 10 years, binge drinking in UK girls has increased to the second highest level in Europe.

A second survey by health charity DPP showed a quarter of Britons drink with the sole intention of "getting drunk".

Perhaps unsurprisingly, figures is even higher in young people with 59% of 18-24 year olds and 43% of 25-34 year olds drinking to get drunk.

More than a quarter (27%) of working Brits have had times when they struggle to do their jobs because they are hungover, rising to 80% of 18-34 year olds.

A study done by General Household Survey, 2005 Found that younger people were more likely than older people to exceed the daily benchmarks. Over two fifths (42 per cent) of young men aged 16 to 24 had exceeded four units on at least one day during the previous week. This compares with 16 per cent of men aged 65 and over. Among women, 36 per cent of those in the youngest age group had exceeded three units on at least one day compared with only 4 per cent of those aged 65 and over.