alcohol abuse
The term used for drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. The average male adult should only drink 4 units of alcohol a day or no more than 21 units a week. Where about's a female adult should only consume no more than 14 units a week or no more than 3 units a day. But in most modern day families and societies, people usually drink more excessively than 3 or 4 units a day and sometimes lead onto more of 7-10 at a minimum. Nearly 9 million people in the UK alone drink more than the daily allowance. England in 2012 there was a grand total of 6,490 alcohol related deaths. more than 7.5 million people are unaware of the problems they are causing themselves by drinking this excessive amount. The government is also to blame because since 1980 alcohol has became 61% more affordable.
I got all these facts off this website which is secondary research:
https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/help-and-advice/statistics-on-alcohol/
I have wrote a survey for people to respond to give me primary research. the link is below:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BY9F378
People who have never drunk alcohol
Around 15% of people in the UK (aged 15+) are lifetime abstainers from alcohol.
Alcohol risk levels among all adults, including those who don’t drink:
People who don't drink
In England in 2013, 15% of men and 20% of women said that they had not drunk any alcohol in the last year.
Lower risk*
In 2013, 63% of men said that they had drunk in the last year and that their average weekly alcohol consumption was no more than 21 units. 64% of women said said that they had drunk in the last year and that their average weekly intake was no more than 14 units (the level of drinking defined as lower risk).
Above guideline: Increasing and higher risk*
In 2013, 18% of men said their average weekly alcohol consumption was more than 21 units but less than 50 units a week. Among women, 13% said their average weekly consumption was more than 14 but less than 35 units. These are levels above the ‘lower risk’ government guidelines and put people at increased risk of harm from alcohol.
High risk*
In 2013, 5% of men in England reported an average weekly consumption of alcohol that puts them at ‘high risk’ of harm, measured as drinking more than 50 units per week. For women, the equivalent figure is 3% who drank more than 35 units per week.
For men, high risk drinking was most likely between the ages of 55 and 64 (7%); among women there was little variation in the proportion who drank at this level between the ages of 16 and 64.
