comparison to females. Almost three quarters (73%) of all students agreed
that anyone might become violent if they have too much to drink.  However,
over one third (39%) of students thought that when someone is drunk, they
should not be considered as responsible for their actions as when they are
sober. One in five students (19%) thought that it doesn't matter how much
you drink as long as you don't show the effects.  This perception was more
evident among males and in first and second year students.
The average age when students started to drink was 15 years.  A higher
number of male students had started drinking before the age of 14 in
comparison to female students.  More third year students had delayed the
onset of drinking until 17 years or older in comparison to first and second
year students.  The proportion of non drinkers among students was 5%, which
was less than a similar age group in the Irish drinking pattern survey
10
.  Male
students drank nearly twice as much as female students.  The total volume of
alcohol consumed per head of student was 18.3 litres of pure alcohol for
males and 10.8 litres for females.  When compared to the 18 29 age group in
the Irish drinking pattern survey, the reported total alcohol consumption was
higher among students
10
.  Beer was the preferred drink among male students,
similar to the general population. Female students were more divided
between beer and spirits.
Binge drinking at least once a week, defined as drinking at least 4 pints of
beer or a bottle of wine or equivalent in a single session, was common among
males students (61%). For females, 44% of students reported at least weekly
binge drinking, compared with 26% in the drinking pattern survey
10
.  Among
males, first year students had the highest number of binge drinkers and
among females, second year students were the highest.  When the frequency
of binge drinking occasions were related to the overall number of drinking
occasions, the results showed that out of every 100 drinking occasions, 76
ended up in binge drinking for male students and 60 for female students.
These figures indicate that this pattern of high risk drinking is the norm
among college students with more male than female binge drinkers.
However, the number of student female bingers was nearly twice (60% vs
33%) that of a similar age group in the drinking pattern survey, when
measured on binging per 100 drinking occasions
10
. The men's health report
also found that binge drinking was highest among young men (18 29 age
group). Such patterns of excessive drinking, according to the report, were
adopted by young men as a sign of their masculinity which was reinforced by
alcohol advertising connecting alcohol and masculinity with sexual prowess
and the achievement of optimum performance in elite sport
3
.
ALCOHOL RELATED HARM
Not surprisingly, given such high levels of drinking among students, in terms
of the total amount of alcohol consumed and the frequency of binge drinking,
10
there was a high level and range of harm/problems experienced by college






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