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It is possible to examine the alcohol consumption in a number of different ways, and it is
not possible to present all the information available from the local 2007 Health and
Lifestyle Survey and 2009 Prevalence Surveys within this report. The Social Capital
Survey 2009 also asked where survey responders drank their alcohol and about their
knowledge of recommended weekly and daily alcohol units. Further information is
available in the main survey reports for these surveys. Following the 2007 survey, a
report specifically on alcohol was produced, which examined factors that predicted
excessive alcohol consumption and binge drinking in more detail. All these reports are
available at www.hullpublichealth.org.
8.8.4.2 Young People
It is possible to examine the alcohol consumption in a number of different ways, and it is
not possible to present all the information available from the local Young People Health
and Lifestyle Survey 2008-09 within this report. Further information is available in the
survey report at www.hullpublichealth.org.
The percentages of pupils that had ever drunk a whole alcoholic drink, by school year
and gender, are presented in Figure 138 from the local Young People Health and
Lifestyle Survey 2008-09 and from the Health Survey for England (HSE) 2007. The
patterns in Hull and in the rest of England with respect to age and gender were similar.
Some differences were apparent, however. At each age, a higher percentage of both
boys and girls in Hull had drunk alcohol than boys and girls in England as a whole in
2007, with the possible exception of boys aged 15 years. In Hull, there was little
difference in the percentage of boys aged 11 and 12 years that had ever drunk alcohol
(both around 42%), whereas for England the percentage of boys aged 12 years that had
ever drunk alcohol (31%) was one third higher than for boys aged 11 years (23%).
Higher percentages of girls than boys had ever drunk alcohol in Hull from the age of 13
years onwards, whereas in England it was from the age of 14 years onwards. The
difference between girls and boys aged 14 and 15 years was greater in Hull than in
England, contributing to the higher overall percentage of girls in Hull having drunk
alcohol than boys, whereas in England, the percentage was the same. The underlying
data for this figure is given in the APPENDIX on page 882.
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