Binge-drinking among young adults in Britain is continuing to fall, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
The proportion of this group bingeing at least once a week is now down from 29% in 2005 to 18% in 2013.
It is thought that fewer adults are choosing to drink alcohol and also drinking less when they do.
More than a fifth of UK adults now say they do not drink alcohol at all - a slight increase on 2005.
Men drinking more than eight units of alcohol on their heaviest drinking day in one week are considered to have binged.
End Quote Professor Sir Ian Gilmore Alcohol Health AllianceWhilst the average level of consumption has fallen, this may be in part due to the change in the ethnic make-up of the country with many people abstaining from drinking altogether. "
For women, binge-drinking equates to drinking more than six units of alcohol in one day.
Two units of alcohol is roughly equivalent to one pint of normal strength lager, or one medium-sized (175ml) glass of wine.
Teetotal trendBinge-drinking among all UK adults fell from 18% in 2005 to 15% in 2013, but it was in young adults aged 16-24 and 25-44 that the most noticeable falls were seen.
Among these groups, binge-drinking fell by one-third and frequent drinking by more than two-thirds since 2005.
Increasing numbers of young adults aged 16-24 are now teetotal.
In London, almost one-third of all adults said they did not drink alcohol - higher than any other region of Great Britain.
But drinkers in the north of England and in Scotland were most likely to have binged.
Around a third of drinkers in these regions had binged, compared with less than a quarter of those in other parts of Great Britain.
Health riskIt is estimated that alcohol misuse costs the NHS in England around £3.5bn every year. Alcohol is still a major cause of ill-health throughout the UK.
Drinking too much can contribute to a number of serious health conditions, including cancer, liver disease and heart disease. Long-term binge-drinking is linked with an increased risk of strokes, cancer and high blood pressure.
Deaths from alcohol, however, are now at their lowest rate since 2000 in the UK.
In Scotland, which had the highest alcohol-related death rate in 2013, the figure is significantly lower than 10 years ago - from 45 per 100,000 to 29 per 100,000.
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK said the results were encouraging but there was "absolutely no room for complacency".
"Whilst the average level of consumption has fallen, this may be in part due to the change in the ethnic make-up of the country with many people abstaining from drinking altogether.
"Data on alcohol consumption is also unreliable; many people under-report how much they drink."
Culture changeHe said alcohol remained the biggest single cause of death in the under 60s in the UK.
"The overall numbers of alcohol-related deaths may be down but the numbers are still far higher than they were 20 years ago. Without effective action from government on pricing, marketing and availability, we are storing up major problems for the future."
The Portman Group, the responsibility body for drinks producers in the UK, said: "These positive trends are part of a decade-long culture change around our improving relationship with alcohol in this country.
"But alcohol-related harms still remain and some local areas suffer much more than others.
"The best way to support these communities is to get local businesses, police, local authorities and health services working together to improve town centres, tackle harmful drinking and make our high streets safer places to enjoy."
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