Table 4 Distribution of alcohol consumption patterns§ within drinkers by sociodemographic characteristics
Drinkers | Compliance with alcohol consumption recommendation | Heavy drinkers | Excessive drinkers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reference (n = 29 168) | Physicians (n = 1 759) | Reference (n = 9 477; 32.5%) | Physicians (n = 642; 36.5%) | Reference (n = 2 240; 7.7%) | Physicians (n = 70; 4.0%) | Reference (n = 1 864; 6.4%) | Physicians (n = 76; 4.3%) | |
Gender (n (%)) | ||||||||
Male | 14 121 | 607 | 3 170 (22.4) | 147 (24.2) | 1 250 (8.9) | 21 (3.5) | 908 (6.4) | 22 (3.6) |
Female | 15 047 | 1 152 | 6 307 (41.9) | 495 (43.0) | 990 (6.6) | 49 (4.3) | 956 (6.4) | 54 (4.7) |
Age in years (mean (SD)) | 41.9 (10.8) | 42.2 (10.2) | 42.0 (10.2) | 42.6 (10.0) | 40.3 (12.0) | 41.2 (12.3) | 46.4 (12.3) | 47.3 (11.9) |
25–34 (n (%)) | 8 877 | 505 | 2 624 (29.6) | 163 (32.3) | 955 (10.8) | 31 (6.1) | 434 (4.9) | 14 (2.8) |
35–44 (n (%)) | 8 874 | 559 | 3 218 (36.3) | 224 (40.1) | 474 (5.3) | 11 (2.0) | 347 (3.9) | 16 (2.9) |
45–54 (n (%)) | 6 884 | 441 | 2 308 (33.5) | 162 (36.7) | 430 (6.2) | 15 (3.4) | 496 (7.2) | 21 (4.8) |
55–65 (n (%)) | 4 533 | 254 | 1 327 (29.3) | 93 (36.6) | 381 (8.4) | 13 (5.1) | 587 (12.9) | 25 (9.8) |
Country of birth (n (%)) | ||||||||
The Netherlands | 26 892 | 1 629 | 8 149 (30.3) | 570 (35.0) | 2 093 (7.8) | 65 (4.0) | 1 719 (6.4) | 68 (4.2) |
European | 729 | 31 | 307 (42.1) | 14 (45.2) | 50 (6.9) | * | 53 (7.3) | * |
Non-European | 1 547 | 99 | 1 021 (66.0) | 58 (58.6) | 97 (6.3) | * | 92 (5.9) | * |
Specialty group (n (%)) | ||||||||
General practice | NA | 412 | NA | 153 (37.1) | NA | 16 (3.9) | NA | 16 (3.9) |
(Psycho) social | 248 | 86 (34.7) | 14 (5.6) | 16 (6.5) | ||||
Contemplative somatic | 379 | 154 (40.6) | * | 13 (3.4) | ||||
Surgical or supportive | 265 | 75 (28.3) | * | 11 (4.2) | ||||
No specialty | 455 | 174 (38.2) | 28 (6.2) | 20 (4.4) | ||||
Educational background (n (%)) | ||||||||
Teaching | 2 506 | NA | 1 032 (41.2) | NA | 164 (6.5) | NA | 160 (6.4) | NA |
Humanities and arts | 2 845 | 1 115 (39.2) | 217 (7.6) | 239 (8.4) | ||||
Social sciences, business and law | 12 637 | 3 574 (28.3) | 1 176 (9.3) | 902 (7.1) | ||||
Science, mathematics and computing | 2 459 | 909 (37.0) | 161 (6.5) | 123 (5.0) | ||||
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 2 916 | 777 (26.6) | 209 (7.2) | 149 (5.1) | ||||
Agriculture and veterinary | 673 | 248 (36.8) | 26 (3.9) | 31 (4.6) | ||||
Health and welfare (including medicine) | 4 090 | 1 459 (35.7) | 223 (5.5) | 191 (4.7) | ||||
Services | 514 | 172 (33.5) | 42 (8.2) | 35 (6.8) | ||||
Working hours per week (n (%)) | ||||||||
None or less than 1 | 2 607 | 67 | 1 233 (47.3) | 35 (52.2) | 227 (8.7) | * | 284 (10.9) | * |
1 to 12 | 445 | 14 | 211 (47.4) | 9 (64.3) | 30 (6.7) | * | 44 (9.9) | * |
12 to 31 | 4 733 | 267 | 2 149 (45.4) | 125 (46.8) | 271 (5.7) | 10 (3.7) | 271 (5.7) | 14 (5.2) |
32 or more | 20 459 | 1 347 | 5 574 (27.2) | 457 (33.9) | 1 620 (7.9) | 52 (3.9) | 1 186 (5.8) | 51 (3.8) |
Household income (n (%)) | ||||||||
1st quintile (lowest income) | 1 781 | 60 | 672 (37.7) | 26 (43.3) | 265 (14.9) | 6 (10.0) | 184 (10.3) | * |
2nd quintile | 1 380 | 20 | 617 (44.7) | 14 (70.0) | 129 (9.3) | * | 93 (6.7) | * |
3rd quintile | 3 105 | 78 | 1 164 (37.5) | 32 (41.0) | 281 (9.0) | * | 197 (6.3) | * |
4th quintile | 6 172 | 243 | 2 185 (35.4) | 101 (41.6) | 397 (6.4) | 8 (3.3) | 311 (5.0) | * |
5th quintile (highest income) | 16 433 | 1 350 | 4 703 (28.6) | 463 (34.3) | 1 150 (7.0) | 53 (3.9) | 1 064 (6.5) | 67 (5.0) |