Friday, February 13, 2015

Teetotallers on rise in the UK as one in five don't drink

Office for National Statistics finds 21% of adults do not consume alcohol at all

Great Britain is becoming a nation of teetotallers, with young adults and Londoners leading the way, according to new figures.

More than one in five adults (21%) do not drink alcohol at all, according to the Office for National Statistics’ Adult Drinking Habits in Great Britain, 2013 report released on Friday. The figure was 19% in 2005.

The picture doesn’t account for the growing proportion of Muslims in the population who don’t drink at all

Related: Single, educated, wealthy men cut back least on alcohol in later life, study finds

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