Statistics taken from the annual report on Smoking, drinking and drug use amongst young people in England

1. Drinking amongst Young People in England in 2008 Selected statistics from the Information Centre’s annual report

3. Proportion of pupils who had ever had an alcoholic drink, by sex: 1988-2008

4. Boys drinking patterns by year

5. Girls drinking patterns by year

7. Proportion of pupils who have never drunk alcohol by age and sex

8. Proportion of boys who drank alcohol in the last week

9. Proportion of boys who drank alcohol in the last week

11. The mean number of drinking days for those who had drunk in the last week, by sex and year

12. Days on which boys drank in the last week

13. Days on which girls drank in the last week

15. Units of alcohol drunk by boys who have drunk in the last week

17. Types of alcohol drunk in the last week

18. Percentage of units drunk in the last week by type of drink

20. Getting alcohol from home?

21. Street drinkers?

22. Street drinking by age

23. Where do the heaviest drinkers drink?

24. Heavier drinkers are less likely to drink with their parents

26. Perceived family attitude to pupil’s drinking

28. Drinking to get drunk?

29. Consequences

30. Consequences

32. Perception of how many people of pupil’s age drink alcohol

33. Recall lesson on alcohol

34. Proportion of pupils who remembered receiving lessons about alcohol in the last year, by school year

35. Helpful sources of information

36. Helpful sources of information