This statistic displays how often adults in the United Kingdom consume alcoholic beverages in 2018. Of respondents, 84 percent consume a beverage containing alcohol at least once a year. Of this, 21 percent drink alcohol two to three times a week. Both numbers remained the same compared with 2017.
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Drinkaware Trust. (November 16, 2018). How often, if at all, do you have a drink containing alcohol? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/441958/consumption-alcohol-frequency-united-kingdom-uk/
Drinkaware Trust. "How often, if at all, do you have a drink containing alcohol?." Chart. November 16, 2018. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/441958/consumption-alcohol-frequency-united-kingdom-uk/
Drinkaware Trust. (2018). How often, if at all, do you have a drink containing alcohol?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/441958/consumption-alcohol-frequency-united-kingdom-uk/
Drinkaware Trust. "How Often, If at All, Do You Have a Drink Containing Alcohol?." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/441958/consumption-alcohol-frequency-united-kingdom-uk/
Drinkaware Trust, How often, if at all, do you have a drink containing alcohol? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/441958/consumption-alcohol-frequency-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
How often, if at all, do you have a drink containing alcohol? [Graph], Drinkaware Trust, November 16, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/441958/consumption-alcohol-frequency-united-kingdom-uk/