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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Adult lifestyles by year, 2016-17 to 2019-20
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[Collapse]Smoking & e-cigarette useSmoker19191718
Ex-smoker29292930
Never smoked52525452
E-cigarette user7767
[Collapse]AlcoholAverage weekly alcohol consumption - none (may include some people who do sometimes drink)20222121
Average weekly alcohol consumption - some, up to 14 units (moderate drinkers)60606160
Average weekly alcohol consumption - hazardous (over 14 units, up to 50 (m) / 35 (f))17151616
Average weekly alcohol consumption - harmful (over 50 (m) / 35 (f) units)3322
Average weekly alcohol consumption - above 14 units (over guidelines)20181819
Average annual alcohol consumption (units) - drinkers onlymean not %554568532537
[Collapse]Fruit & vegetablesAte no fruit & veg the previous day8988
Ate some but less than 5 portions fruit & veg the previous day68676868
Ate at least 5 portions fruit & veg the previous day24232425
[Collapse]Physical activityActive less than 30 minutes in previous week32343333
Active 30-149 minutes in previous week14141414
Active at least 150 minutes in previous week54535353
[Collapse]Body mass indexBMI under 18.5 (underweight)2222
BMI 18.5 - under 25 (healthy weight)39383937
BMI 25 - under 30 (overweight but not obese)36383635
BMI 30+ (obese)23222325
BMI 25+ (overweight or obese)59605961
[Collapse]Combined healthy lifestylesFewer than 2 healthy behaviours10101010
2 or more healthy behaviours90909090

Metadata

Title

National Survey for Wales – adult lifestyle by age and gender

Last update

July 2020 July 2020

Next update

None

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

National Survey for Wales, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

See weblinks.

Keywords

National Survey for Wales; National Survey; Future Generations; National Indicators; Well-being; Health; Lifestyle

General description

Information on health related lifestyle among adults in Wales by age and gender.

Data collection and calculation

Information is collected via the National Survey for Wales. Based on a sample survey. Sample sizes for some groups are relatively small, and the results should be treated with caution. 95% confidence intervals and sample sizes are also shown to give an indication of the precision of results. See weblinks.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data is shown from 2016-17 onwards

Users, uses and context

See weblinks.

Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

See weblinks.