Alcohol habits in Sweden during 1997–2018: a repeated cross-sectional study

Figures & data

Table 1. Mean total AUDIT score (standard deviations; number of respondents, N) at each measurement year by gender and age group.

Year/variable	1997	2001	2005	2009	2014	2018
Men	4.94 (4.67;471)	5.15 (4.90;420)	4.87 (4.80;409)	4.18 (4.18;276)	4.31 (3.71;344)	4.06 (4.22;278)
Women	2.74 (2.90;526)	3.19 (2.96;472)	3.15 (3.31;495)	2.96 (2.65;344)	2.97 (2.99;422)	2.96 (3.51;341)
Age 17–27	6.06 (5.47;184)	6.32 (5.41;154)	6.54 (5.53;154)	5.30 (5.11;105)	6.10 (5.06;68)	4.94 (5.29;87)
Age 28–38	3.88 (3.74;219)	4.38 (3.40;203)	3.69 (3.50;175)	3.64 (2.82;96)	4.16 (3.10;133)	3.48 (3.64;94)
Age 39–49	3.38 (3.11;230)	3.82 (3.40;169)	3.99 (4.25;191)	3.48 (2.90;130)	3.79 (3.86;127)	3.66 (3.15;107)
Age 50–60	3.21 (3.83;218)	3.68 (3.61;218)	3.09 (3.15;207)	2.94 (2.28;126)	3.20 (2.98;164)	3.76 (4.54;117)
Age 61–71	2.25 (2.43;146)	2.35 (2.54;137)	2.95 (3.38;152)	2.58 (3.11;151)	2.89 (2.65;189)	3.07 (3.44;129)
Age 72–80	N/Aa	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.43 (2.41;90)	2.17 (2.18;90)

^a Data for this age group was not collected in 1997–2009.

Figure 1. Mean total AUDIT scores for men (A) and women (B) over the years 1997 through 2018 separated by each age category, diamond (♦) 17–27 year olds, box (▪) 28–38 year olds, triangle (Δ) 39–49 year olds, cross (×) 50–60 year olds, plus (+) 61–71 year olds, and circle (•) 72–80 year olds.

Table 2. Results of three-way ANOVA showing main and interaction effects for assessment year, gender and age group, with F-statistics, degrees of freedom (Df) and p-values.

Variable	F	Df	p
Year	2.18	54,696	.054
Gender	175.46	14,696	<.001
Age group	62.90	54,696	<.001
Year * Gender	1.95	54,696	.083
Year * Age group	1.26	22,4696	.189
Gender * Age group	.987	54,696	.424
Gender * Year * Age group	1.14	21,4696	.297