Table 2

Excess alcohol consumption and binge drinking by socioeconomic status

	Excess consumption, less than binge	Per cent	Binge	Per cent	Total
Gender*
Female	4702	15.0	3482	11.1	31261
Male	4962	18.4	6859	25.4	27021
Age group (years)**
18–24	1001	14.5	2041	29.6	6888
25–34	1286	17.5	2105	28.7	7329
35–44	2007	19.6	2427	23.7	10225
45–54	2110	21.5	1931	19.7	9815
55–64	1961	19.2	1268	12.4	10216
65–74	951	12.4	444	5.8	7697
75–84	316	6.4	106	2.2	4923
85+	32	2.7	19	1.6	1189
Social class**
Professional and managerial occupations	3850	19.5	3354	17.0	19699
Intermediate occupations	1742	16.1	1873	17.3	10802
Routine and manual occupations	3566	14.7	4397	18.2	24197
Never worked and long-term unemployed	131	8.9	173	11.8	1465
Employment status**
Employed	5766	20.9	6961	25.2	27571
Seeking work	138	14.9	274	29.6	925
Training/student	483	14.8	739	22.6	3273
Permanently sick or disabled	599	13.0	547	11.8	4619
Retired	1539	11.8	755	5.8	13091
At home	696	13.2	507	9.6	5284
Other	276	14.9	349	18.8	1856
Highest educational qualification**
No qualifications	2140	12.6	2095	12.3	17026
Intermediate qualifications	5405	18.3	6428	21.7	29601
Degree/degree equivalent and above	1773	21.5	1445	17.5	8247
Tenure**
Owner occupier	8010	17.5	7883	17.2	45725
Social renting	956	11.8	1340	16.5	8123
Private renting/other	663	15.6	1085	25.5	4262
Ethnicity*
White	9492	16.8	10165	18.0	56438
Black and minority ethnic	108	8.8	100	8.2	1222
Neighbourhood deprivation
Least deprived quintile**	2304	19.5	1967	16.7	11786
Less deprived	2111	17.2	1927	15.7	12267
Mid deprived	2063	16.0	2219	17.2	12875
More deprived	1726	15.0	2234	19.4	11544
Most deprived	1460	14.9	1994	20.3	9810