Frequent alcohol consumption can also have a negative impact on health, and is
positively associated with age. In England, 28% of men over 65
years and 14% of women over 65 drink alcohol more than 5 times
per week, while in Australia 15% of those aged over 65 report
daily consumption compared with 4% of those aged under 50
[3,11]. Other work has however found that frequency of
consumption may decrease across the older age group [12], which
suggests there is still much important research to be conducted in
order to gain a detailed picture of alcohol consumption in older
people.