Table 1.
Proportions of men and women with a relevant alcohol record during the period April 2011–March 2013 and relative ‘risk’ of recording of alcohol by demographic group
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Records/N (%) | RR (95% CI) | P | Records/N (%) | RR (95% CI) | P | |
| All | 6247/8068 (77.4) | 5338/6792 (78.6) | ||||
| Age, years | ||||||
| 18–29 | 650/978 (66.5) | 0.85 (0.81–0.89) | 320/445 (71.9) | 0.92 (0.86–0.98) | ||
| 30–39 | 1278/1737 (73.6) | 0.94 (0.90–0.97) | 641/836 (76.7) | 0.98 (0.94–1.03) | ||
| 40–49 | 1655/2109 (78.5) | 1 | 1072/1380 (77.7) | 1 | ||
| 50–59 | 1243/1504 (82.6) | 1.06 (1.02–1.10) | 1155/1442 (80.1) | 1.03 (0.99–1.07) | ||
| 60–69 | 896/1089 (82.3) | 1.05 (1.02–1.09) | 1002/1251 (80.1) | 1.04 (0.99–1.08) | ||
| 70–79 | 406/489 (83.0) | 1.07 (1.02–1.12) | 733/889 (82.5) | 1.07 (1.02–1.11) | ||
| 80–89 | 112/151 (74.2) | 0.97 (0.88–1.06) | 363/476 (76.3) | 0.99 (0.93–1.05) | ||
| 90–99 | 7/11 (63.6) | 0.81 (0.51–1.27) | 52/73 (71.2) | 0.92 (0.8–1.06) | ||
| <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
| Deprivation quintilea | ||||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 646/867 (74.5) | 0.94 (0.89–0.98) | 725/973 (74.5) | 0.93 (0.88–0.98) | ||
| 2 | 858/1121 (76.5) | 0.96 (0.92–1.00) | 849/1083 (78.4) | 0.98 (0.94–1.02) | ||
| 3 | 1157/1543 (75.0) | 0.94 (0.90–0.98) | 1094/1411 (77.5) | 0.97 (0.93–1.01) | ||
| 4 | 1605/2054 (78.1) | 0.98 (0.95–1.01) | 1333/1672 (79.7) | 0.99 (0.96–1.03) | ||
| 5 (most deprived) | 1981/2483 (79.8) | 1 | 1337/1653 (80.9) | 1 | ||
| 0.01 | 0.05 | |||||
| UK regionb | ||||||
| London | 874/1063 (82.2) | 1 | 753/897 (83.9) | 1 | ||
| East Midlands | 68/100 (68.0) | 0.83 (0.62–1.12) | 70/117 (59.8) | 0.72 (0.49–1.06) | ||
| East of England | 366/472 (77.5) | 0.95 (0.88–1.03) | 297/378 (78.6) | 0.95 (0.87–1.04) | ||
| West Midlands | 481/625 (77) | 0.94 (0.87–1.02) | 462/570 (81.1) | 0.97 (0.92–1.04) | ||
| North East | 150/190 (78.9) | 0.95 (0.88–1.04) | 124/152 (81.6) | 0.97 (0.89–1.05) | ||
| North West | 845/1084 (78.0) | 0.95 (0.89–1.01) | 681/863 (78.9) | 0.95 (0.89–1.00) | ||
| Yorkshire and Humber | 75/98 (76.5) | 0.92 (0.82–1.03) | 62/87 (71.3) | 0.85 (0.62–1.16) | ||
| Northern Ireland | 341/423 (80.6) | 0.98 (0.91–1.05) | 304/363 (83.7) | 1.00 (0.94–1.07) | ||
| Scotland | 988/1269 (77.9) | 0.93 (0.88–0.99) | 789/1002 (78.7) | 0.94 (0.89–0.99) | ||
| South Central | 675/869 (77.7) | 0.96 (0.90–1.02) | 637/801 (79.5) | 0.96 (0.92–1.01) | ||
| South East Coast | 432/595 (72.6) | 0.89 (0.83–0.95) | 389/528 (73.7) | 0.89 (0.83–0.95) | ||
| South West | 461/643 (71.7) | 0.87 (0.82–0.93) | 390/549 (71.0) | 0.86 (0.79–0.93) | ||
| Wales | 491/637 (77.1) | 0.94 (0.88–1.00) | 380/485 (78.4) | 0.94 (0.88–1.00) | ||
| 0.02 | 0.003 | |||||
| Registration status | ||||||
| Not newly registered | 5846/7531 (77.6) | 1 | 5072/6448 (78.7) | 1 | ||
| Newly registered | 401/537 (74.7) | 0.98 (0.93–1.03) | 266/344 (77.3) | 0.99 (0.93–1.06) | ||
| 0.4 | 0.9 | |||||
aDeprivation measured using Townsend score.
bUK region (former Strategic Health Authorities in England, plus Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
RR, relative risk, estimated from Poisson regression, adjusting for the other factors considered and accounting for clustering of people within general practices.