European Health Survey ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION Frequency of heavy alcohol intake (6 or more alcoholic beverages on the same occasion) in the last 12 months, according to sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over that has consumed alcohol more than once a month in the last 12 months. Units: thousands of persons Total Never Less than once a month Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily No data recorded Both sexes Total 15,405.0 11,702.8 2,264.5 629.4 647.4 114.7 46.2 16 to 24 years old 1,768.5 928.6 464.6 162.2 197.1 2.9 13.0 25 to 34 years old 2,993.8 1,851.5 729.6 219.8 178.8 7.0 7.0 35 to 44 years old 3,300.6 2,459.2 558.5 129.9 129.8 14.2 9.0 45 to 54 years old 3,041.9 2,494.7 333.2 81.6 85.0 35.8 11.6 55 to 64 years old 2,142.2 1,917.5 118.7 24.4 45.0 36.7 0.0 65 to 74 years old 1,312.6 1,230.5 47.0 7.9 7.3 14.3 5.6 75 years old and over 845.4 820.9 12.8 3.5 4.3 3.9 0.0 Males Total 10,095.2 7,285.4 1,713.2 477.9 477.6 102.4 38.7 16 to 24 years old 1,059.5 501.9 309.0 116.1 119.4 0.0 13.0 25 to 34 years old 1,946.2 1,110.0 542.0 152.0 129.6 7.0 5.6 35 to 44 years old 2,152.6 1,477.2 437.5 108.2 114.0 12.8 2.9 45 to 54 years old 1,984.1 1,528.7 270.3 71.5 68.3 33.8 11.6 55 to 64 years old 1,461.2 1,267.0 104.2 19.7 37.7 32.6 0.0 65 to 74 years old 915.4 848.8 37.4 7.0 4.2 12.3 5.6 75 years old and over 576.3 551.8 12.8 3.5 4.3 3.9 0.0 Females Total 5,309.7 4,417.4 551.3 151.5 169.8 12.3 7.5 16 to 24 years old 709.0 426.6 155.6 46.1 77.7 2.9 0.0 25 to 34 years old 1,047.6 741.5 187.6 67.9 49.2 0.0 1.4 35 to 44 years old 1,148.0 982.0 121.0 21.8 15.8 1.3 6.1 45 to 54 years old 1,057.8 966.0 62.9 10.2 16.7 2.0 0.0 55 to 64 years old 681.0 650.4 14.5 4.7 7.2 4.1 0.0 65 to 74 years old 397.2 381.7 9.6 0.9 3.1 2.0 0.0 75 years old and over 269.1 269.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Notes: The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute