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The Health Survey for England (Health Survey for England 2008) and the General
Lifestyle Survey (Economic and Social Data Service 2008), previously called the
General Household Survey, both collect information on alcohol consumption. However,
the way in which the questions are asked differs from the questions asked as part of the
local survey. For instance, the Health Survey for England asked about the number of
alcohol units consumed on the heaviest drinking day the previous week, and the
General Lifestyle Survey asked about weekly and daily alcohol units in a slightly
different way again. However, broad comparisons can be made between these surveys
and the local survey (more information about the national surveys and comparison with
the local survey is available on the Alcohol report from the 2007 Health and Lifestyle
Survey available at www.hullpublichealth.org).
From the General Lifestyle Survey, the number of units consumed locally can be
compared with England (Table 142 and Table 143). It can be seen that in Hull for 2009,
the percentage of males drinking 22-50 units and 51+ units of alcohol was lower than
that of England for 2008, similarly for women drinking 15-35 units and 36+ units. A
higher percentage of men and women in Hull did not drink alcohol the previous week
compared to England.
Table 142: Excessive weekly alcohol consumption for men, Hull 2003-2009 versus
England 2005-2008
Survey Weekly number of alcohol units (%)
None 1-21 22-50 51+
Hull 2003 33 50 14 3
Hull 2007 39 39 15 6
Hull 2009 39 46 12 4
England 2005 19 57 18 6
England 2008 19 53 20 7
Table 143: Excessive weekly alcohol consumption for women, Hull 2003-2009 versus
England 2005-2008
Survey Weekly number of alcohol units (%)
None 1-14 15-35 36+
Hull 2003 51 42 6 1
Hull 2007 55 37 7 1
Hull 2009 59 33 7 1
England 2005 35 51 11 2
England 2008 33 47 15 5
From the local Prevalence Survey 2009, the prevalence of excessive drinking and binge
drinking differed considerably between men and women and among different age
groups as illustrated in Table 144.
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