00:00Almost a quarter of adults in England did not
00:05drink alcohol in the past year, according to the latest NHS health survey for England.
00:10The survey found 24% of adults had not consumed alcohol, up from around 19%
00:15in previous years. Young people were most likely to abstain.
00:2025% of young men and nearly a third of women aged 16 to 24 said they did not drink alcohol.
00:25Older adults were more likely to drink at risky levels with those age
00:3065 to 74 almost twice as likely to do so compared with people aged
00:3525 to 34. Campaigners welcomed the fall in risky drinking.
00:40But warned alcohol harm remains widespread.
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