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. 2006 Mar 15;6:67. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-67

Table 2.

Percentage of students who regularly consumed beer, wine, and spirits by gender and country in 1993/94, 1997/98, and 2001/02

Type of alcoholic drinks, country Boys Girls

1993/94 1997/98 2001/02 1993/94 1997/98 2001/02
Beer
 Estonia 11.6 19.3 26.8* 2.4 8.1 6.5*
 Latvia 16.1 25.5 17.1 3.2 5.6 7.4*
 Lithuania 12.1 15.9 26.7* 4.7 8.1 10.2*

Wine/sparkling wine
 Estonia 3.4 3.8 6.5* 2.7 3.8 4.9
 Latvia 6.4 5.9 4.8 2.8 5.5 4.3
 Lithuania 2.0 2.9 3.1 2.1 2.3 3.3

Spirits/liquor
 Estonia 3.1 3.8 8.9* 1.0 1.0 5.1*
 Latvia 4.0 6.4 4.3 3.3 2.9 4.2
 Lithuania 3.3 1.3 5.1 1.2 0.4 1.6

* statistically significant difference between the rate of the answer in 1993/94 and 2001/02 (Z test, p < 0.05).