[statistics] Drinking in England down 9% in a decade, heavy drinking down 20% | NHS

• 57 per cent of adults reported drinking alcohol in the previous week in 2016 which is a fall from 64 per cent in 2006. This equates to 25.3 million adults in England.
• Those who drank more than 8/6 units on their heaviest day in the last week fell from 19 per cent to 15 per cent.

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Note: A report was also released by the Office of National Statistics on the drinking habits of the UK as a whole. ■