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Health Survey Findings
Table 164: Number of alcoholic drinks consumed per day, on days when the respondent was
drinking. (Questionnaire item C_15 )
0-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21 + n
Total ROI 46.0% 42.0% 7.9% 2.9% 1.2% 978
NI 46.4% 40.0% 8.1% 4.3% 1.3% 235
Male ROI 33.9% 47.4% 11.6% 4.8% 2.3% 481
NI 34.4% 48.4% 10.2% 5.5% 1.6% 128
Female ROI 57.7% 36.9% 4.2% 1.0% 0.2% 496
NI 60.7% 29.9% 5.6% 2.8% 0.9% 107
Under 30 ROI 43.6% 44.7% 8.4% 2.6% 0.7% 427
NI 47.7% 42.1% 4.7% 4.7% 0.9% 107
30-44 ROI 44.4% 42.0% 8.7% 4.2% 0.7% 286
NI 43.3% 38.9% 10.0% 5.6% 2.2% 90
45 + ROI 48.7% 40.2% 5.8% 2.2% 3.1% 224
NI 50.0% 36.8% 13.2% 0.0% 0.0% 38
(does not include those who answered ‘never’ to ‘how often do you drink alcohol’)
A majority of respondents (66.3% in ROI and 64.6% in NI) considered illicit drugs to be a problem in
their community and this was a consistent pattern for both men and women and across age groups.
Table 165: Do you consider illicit drug use to be a problem in your community?
(Questionnaire item C1_16)
ROI
NI
Yes No n Yes No n
Total 66.3% 33.7% 1,614 64.6% 35.4% 367
Male 68.7% 31.3% 687 63.7% 36.3% 182
Female 64.5% 35.5% 926 65.4% 34.6% 185
Under 30 62.2% 37.8% 723 64.5% 35.5% 186
30-44 69.2% 30.8% 413 65.1% 34.9% 126
45 + 67.5% 32.5% 391 63.6% 36.4% 55
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