A total of 1456 (60.5%) of the 2405 men in Belfast and 6679 (90.6%) of the 7373 men at the French centres reported drinking alcohol at least once a week. Only half of the drinkers in Belfast were regular drinkers compared with most alcohol drinkers in France (1229/2405 (51.1%) and 6646/7373 (90.1%), respectively), whereas 227 (9.4%) men in Belfast and 33 (0.5%) in France were binge drinkers (table 1). Among drinkers, 5008 (75%) in France drank alcohol every day, whereas in Belfast only 173 (11.9%) drank daily and 1052 (72.2%) drank on one, two, or three days a week. The proportion of men in Belfast who drank alcohol was two to threefold higher on Fridays (937/2405 (39%)) and Saturdays (1231/2405 (51%)) compared with the other days of the week.
