Table 2. Baseline alcohol consumption and expenditure patterns by gender and consumption level, England 2015/16.

	Moderate drinkers		Increasing risk drinkers		High-risk drinkers		All drinkers		All drinkers
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Total
Adult population (millions)	13·8	18·1	6·0	2·9	1·3	0·9	21·1	21·9	43·0
Baseline consumption									16·0%
Number of drinkers (millions)	11·0	14·0	6·0	2·9	1·3	0·9	18·3	17·8	36·1
Proportion (%) of all male/female drinkers	60·0%	78·6%	32·8%	16·6%	7·2%	4·8%	100·0%	100·0%	100·0%
Mean units per drinker per year	248	194	1,358	1,104	4,158	3,277	895	494	698
Share (%) of total men’s/women’s alcohol consumption	16·7%	30·8%	49·8%	37·1 %	33·6%	32·1%	100%	100%	100%
Off-trade share (%) of group’s consumption	45·4%	73·4%	60·6%	86·8%	70·5%	93·6%	61·4%	84·9%	69·6%
On-trade share (%) of group’s consumption	54·6%	26·6%	39·4%	13·2%	29·5%	6·4%	38·6%	15·1%	30·4%
Baseline spending
% of total expenditure that is in off-trade	19·1%	37·1%	32·9%	62·7%	45·2%	79·6%	32·8%	55·6%	39·9%
% of total expenditure that is in on-trade	80·9%	62·9%	67·1%	37·3%	54·8%	20·4%	67·2%	44·4%	60·1%
Mean spending per drinker per year	£376	£244	£1,463	£909	£3,440	£2,123	£954	£445	£704
Mean number of units bought <£0.50 per year	41	50	421	441	1,653	1,596	273	199	246
Mean number of units bought <£0.70 per year	92	115	758	833	2,826	2,679	496	368	449
Proportion of groups’ units bought <£0.50	16·5%	26·0%	31·0%	40·0%	39·8%	48·7%	30·5%	40·4%	35·2%
Proportion of groups’ units bought <£0.70	36·8%	59·6%	55·8%	75·4%	68·0%	81·8%	55·4%	74·4%	64·4%
Baseline hospital admissions
Annual alcohol-attributable admissions	60,111	6,189	238,523	54,038	174,397	123,064	473,031	183,291	656,322
Admission rates per 100,000 drinkers	547	44	3,969	1,834	13,167	14,294	2,581	1,031	1,818

Note. 1 UK unit = 10 ml/8g ethanol.