Alcohol Consumption Irish
most likely to exceed advised levels
Irish men and women were more likely than any
other ethnic group to drink in excess of 1995 weekly
recommended guidelines.
A third of men (34 per cent)
and a fifth of women (19 per cent) drank in excess
of these levels. All other ethnic minority groups
were much less likely than the general population
to be drinking above these weekly limits.
After the Irish, Black Caribbean
men and women were most likely to drink above the
guidelines. Eighteen per cent of Black Caribbean men
and 9 per cent of Black Caribbean women did so.
Less than 5 per cent of men
or women from the Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Chinese
groups drank more than these recommended amounts.
Very few Indian women exceeded the guidelines (2 per
cent) but 14 per cent of Indian men drank above this
level. This picture did not change after age standardisation.
