Table 2.
Alcohol consumption and %BAC at interview and total expected alcohol consumption on the night out
| Females | Males | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | Slovenia | Spain | UK | Pa | Netherlands | Slovenia | Spain | UK | Pa | ||
|
% having preloaded (including botellón in Spainb) |
58.8 | 38.2 | 59.0 | 70.3 | < 0.001 | 54.5 | 32.6 | 60.5 | 51.0 | < 0.001 | |
| Median grams of alcohol reported to have been consumed by interview | 54.4 | 50.4 | 50.4 | 56.8 | 0.147 | 92.8 | 64.0 | 70.4 | 104.0 | < 0.001 | |
| % having consumed drink type by interview | Lager/Beer | 55.6 | 32.6 | 21.2 | 16.1 | < 0.001 | 85.4 | 56.1 | 40.5 | 75.0 | < 0.001 |
| Cider | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | < 0.001 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 14.4 | < 0.001 | |
| Wine | 60.5 | 46.1 | 22.7 | 28.8 | < 0.001 | 9.8 | 25.8 | 9.1 | 7.7 | < 0.001 | |
| Alcopops | 9.9 | 1.1 | 30.3 | 16.1 | < 0.001 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 28.1 | 5.8 | < 0.001 | |
| Spirits | 35.8 | 59.6 | 71.2 | 85.6 | < 0.001 | 26.8 | 58.3 | 74.4 | 71.2 | < 0.001 | |
| % of grams of alcohol reported by overall sample accounted for by drink typec | Lager/Beer | 39.6 | 17.2 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 79.2 | 35.2 | 20.8 | 53.1 | ||
| Cider | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | |||
| Wine | 37.6 | 45.8 | 11.8 | 20.7 | 3.4 | 24.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | |||
| Alcopops | 3.5 | 0.5 | 9.6 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 12.1 | 1.2 | |||
| Spirits | 18.8 | 36.5 | 64.7 | 56.5 | 14.3 | 39.3 | 63.3 | 33.6 | |||
| Median %BACd at interview | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.10 | < 0.001 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.13 | < 0.001 | |
| % with BAC > 0.08% | 34.6 | 34.8 | 34.8 | 58.5 | < 0.001 | 58.7 | 50.8 | 47.1 | 70.9 | 0.002 | |
| Median expected grams of alcohol to be consumed over the remainder of the nighte | 22.4 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 40.0 | < 0.001 | 33.6 | 18.4 | 16.8 | 62.4 | < 0.001 | |
| Median grams of alcohol over whole nightf | 76.8 | 66.4 | 72.0 | 104.8 | < 0.001 | 139.2 | 79.2 | 87.2 | 176.8 | < 0.001 | |
| % expecting to binge drinkg | 80.5 | 67.9 | 63.8 | 82.5 | 0.026 | 85.8 | 61.6 | 72.3 | 96.0 | < 0.001 | |
Statistics use chi squared and Kruskal-Wallis. Missing data: preloading n = 13; drinks types/grams of alcohol at interview n = 9; BAC n = 3.
aP between locations; bSpain: males 24.4% preload, 36.1% botellón, females 27.9% preload, 31.1% botellón. cTotal grams of alcohol consumed by interview for individuals within each category were summed by drink type to show the proportion of grams reported by the sample that was accounted for by different drink types. d milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood; legal driving limits are 0.08%BAC in the UK and 0.05% BAC in Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain. e Limited to the 691 individuals who were able to provide an estimate. f Including grams of alcohol consumed by interview and expected additional grams over the remainder of the night. gSum of grams consumed by interview and expected additional grams over the remainder of the night greater than 48.0 grams for females and 64.0 grams for males.