Table 1.

Demographics and healthcare utilisation by whether problem alcohol use was documented

	No problem alcohol use documented (n = 3788)	Documented problem alcohol use (n = 57)	P-value
Median Age (25th, 75th percentile)	46 (32, 61)	49 (36, 58)	0.45
Male	1777 (47%)	37 (65%)	0.007
Eligible for free GP care	1828 (48%)	41 (72%)	< 0.001
Any referral/attendance to secondary care in the past year	1910 (50%)	45 (79%)	< 0.001
Median GP consultations (25th, 75th percentile) in the past year	2 (1, 6)	5 (2, 7)	0.02