Today in seriously shocking statistics, a new study has found that people aged 16-24 are drinking significantly less alcohol, with 27% going full on teetotal.
Released this week, the figures show a massive rise in teetotalism in the younger generation, with 27% of 16-14 year olds choosing to be alcohol-free – up from 19% in 2005. For comparison, 27% of over-65s are also teetotals, basically meaning grandkids and grandparents are just as bad as each other, alcohol-wise.
At the same time, young people binge-drinking has fallen to 18%, down from 29% in 2005. They’re still the group that binge-drink the most, but they’re doing it a lot less frequently than the same age group 10 years ago.
Interestingly, the changes in young people’s drinking don’t seem to be down to… Read the full story