Table 1 Alcohol consumption pattern and behaviour
From: Alcohol consumption pattern in western Nepal: findings from the COBIN baseline survey
Characteristics | Total | Female | Male | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | N (%) | N (%) | p-value |
Drinking behaviour (n = 2815) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Lifetime abstainer | 1814 (64.4) | 1495 (81.1) | 319 (32.8) |  |
 Former drinker | 224 (8.0) | 111 (6.1) | 113 (11.6) |  |
 Current drinker | 777 (27.6) | 236 (12.8) | 541 (55.6) |  |
Consumed alcohol in past 12 months(n = 1001) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Consumed | 777 (77.6) | 236 (67.8) | 541 (82.7) |  |
 Not consumed | 224 (22.4) | 111 (32.2) | 113 (17.3) |  |
Frequency in 12 months (n = 777) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Daily | 259 (33.3) | 50 (21.2) | 209 (38.6) |  |
 Three or four times a week | 40 (5.2) | 13 (5.5) | 27 (5.0) |  |
 Once or twice a week | 126 (16.2) | 37 (15.7) | 89 (16.5) |  |
 Four to seven times a month | 118 (15.2) | 30 (12.7) | 88 (15.2) |  |
 One to three times a month | 234 (30.1) | 106 (44.9) | 128 (23.7) |  |
Consumed alcohol within past 30 days (n = 777) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Consumed | 571 (73.5) | 143 (60.6) | 428 (82.7) |  |
 Not consumed | 206 (26.5) | 93 (39.4) | 113 (17.3) |  |
Occasions of at least one drink | ||||
 Mean ± Standard deviation | 17.7 ± 0.5 | 15.9 ± 3.9 | 18.3 ± 0.6 |  |
Average standard alcoholic drinks on one occasion | ||||
 Mean ± Standard deviation | 7.7 ± 0.3 | 4.4 ± 0.3 | 8.8 ± 0.3 |  |
Binge drinking (n = 571) |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 397 (69.5) | 67 (46.9) | 330 (77.1) |  |
 No | 174 (30.5) | 76 (53.1) | 98 (22.9) |  |