Epidemiology of Alcohol Use in Late Adolescence in Greece and Comorbidity with Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders

Table 1

Frequency of Alcohol use in 16–18 year-old adolescents in Greece by gender and type of alcohol ().

	Male	Female	Total
	N^1 (%)–(95% CI^2)	N^1 (%)–(95% CI^2)	N^1 (%)–(95% CI^2)
Beer or wine
Never	208 (21.1%) (17.7%–24.6%)	533 (39.38%) (35.9%–42.9%)	741 (30.15%) (27.6%–32.7%)
Monthly or less	434 (47.5%) (43.2–51.8)	677 (45.42%) (41.9%–48.9%)	1111 (46.47%) (43.7%–49.3%)
At least weekly	347 (31,3%) (27,4%–35.2%)	232 (15, 2%) (12.7% –17.7%)	579 (23.4%) (21.1%–25.7%)
Spirits
Never	330 (34,6%) (30.5%– 38.7%)	636 (47,1%) (43.6% –50.6%)	966 (40.8%) (38%–43.5%)
Monthly or less	393 (40,8%) (36.6%–45.1%)	586 (40%) (36.6%–43.4%)	979 (40.4%) (37.7%–43.2%)
At least weekly	266 (24.5%) (21%–28%)	217 (12.9%) (10.7% ‐ 15.1%)	483 (18.8%) (16.7%–20.9%)
Any type of alcohol
Never	148 (14.2%) (11.3%–17.1%)	383 (28.7%) ( 25.4%–32%)	531 (21.4%) (19.1%–23.6%)
Monthly or less	414 (46.6%) (42.3%–50.9%)	721 (49.3%) (45.8%–52.8%)	1135 (47.9%) (45.1%–50.7%)
At least weekly	427 (39.2%) (35.1%–43.3%)	338 (21.9%) (19.1%– 24.8%)	765 (30.7%) (28.1%–33.2%)
Getting Drunk
Never	570 (61.5%) (57.4%–65.6%)	962 (71%) (68%–74%)	1532 (66.1%) (63.6%–68.8%)
Once (lifetime)	201 (19%) (15.7%–22.3%)	293 (17.8%) (15.4%–20.2%)	494 (18.4%) (16.4%–20.5%)
≥2 times (lifetime)	218 (19.42%) (16.20%–22.63%)	184 (11.24%) (9.06%–13.43%)	402 (15.39%) (13.43%–17.35%)

¹Actual number of observations; percentages are weighted to take into account the stratified random sampling procedure; ²CI: Confidence Interval.