Table 3.
Percentage of regular and irregular drinkers of alcohol by gender and country in 1993/94, 1997/98, and 2001/02
| Gender, country | Regularity of alcohol use | ||||||||
| Regular | Irregular | Total | |||||||
| 1993/94 | 1997/98 | 2001/02 | 1993/94 | 1997/98 | 2001/02 | 1993/94 | 1997/98 | 2001/02 | |
| Boys | |||||||||
| Estonia | 14.7 | 23.5 | 28.1* | 64.1 | 57.1 | 56.4* | 78.8 | 85.2 | 84.5* |
| Latvia | 19.9 | 29.4 | 19.8 | 63.6 | 62.8 | 65.7 | 83.5 | 92.2 | 85.5 |
| Lithuania | 15.7 | 18.1 | 27.6* | 72.2 | 69.3 | 60.1* | 87.9 | 87.4 | 87.7 |
| Girls | |||||||||
| Estonia | 5.2 | 11.5 | 12.0* | 69.8 | 73.7 | 70.9 | 75.0 | 85.2 | 82.9* |
| Latvia | 7.7 | 12.6 | 12.6* | 79.0 | 75.3 | 70.1* | 86.7 | 87.9 | 82.7 |
| Lithuania | 6.8 | 10.5 | 13.0* | 82.1 | 77.6 | 75.5* | 88.9 | 88.1 | 88.5 |
* statistically significant difference between the rate of the answer in 1993/94 and 2001/02 (Z test, p < 0.05).