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Table 147: Percentage of pupils drinking more alcohol over the past week than the
recommended guideline amounts for adults by gender and school year
School
year
Drank more than recommended adult guideline amount in past week
Males Females All
N % N % N %
Year 7 1 0.4 2 0.7 3 0.5
Year 8 3 1.2 4 1.5 7 1.4
Year 9 3 1.3 8 3.5 11 2.4
Year 10 15 5.2 24 8.2 39 6.7
Year 11 22 13.4 25 10.2 47 11.5
Years 7-11 44 3.7 63 4.7 107 4.2
Age-gender-adjusted percentages of pupils exceeding the weekly recommended
maximum number of units of alcohol for adults are presented by deprivation quintiles in
Figure 139. The underlying data for this figure is given in the APPENDIX on page 883.
The percentages exceeding these adult guideline limits (21 units for males, 14 units for
females) were small for each quintile. Nonetheless, there were differences between the
quintiles, with more than 5% of pupils living in the three most deprived fifths of areas in
Hull exceeding these limits, highest in the middle quintile at 5.6%. This compared to just
over 4% of pupils living in the least deprived fifth of areas in the city and just over 3%
living in the second least deprived fifth of areas. So, although pupils living in the three
most deprived fifths of areas were less likely to have ever had an alcoholic drink than
those living in the least deprived areas, they were more likely to drink excessively.
Figure 139: Age-gender-adjusted percentage of pupils drinking more alcohol over the
past week than the recommended guideline amounts for adults by deprivation quintile
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
Most deprived 2 3 4 Least deprived
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