date:Sep 27, 2018
ales had the second largest drop in prevalence for boys, from 47.6% to 11.8% across the same period.
With girls, 43.1% in England drank alcohol weekly in 2002, falling to fewer than one in 10 (8.9%) in 2014. This was the largest decline for girls across the 36 countries, followed by Scotland which saw prevalence drop from 41.1% to 10.7%.
Dr Jo Inchley, lead editor of the report, said: Overall reductions in harmful drinking have been greatest in countries that traditionally have had higher prev