Brussels, 6 August 2021 (dpa/MIA) - Youths might have a reputation of drinking too much too often, but in fact seniors drink the most on a daily basis, EU statistical office Eurostat said on Friday. Of those older than 75 years, 16 per cent consumed alcohol daily, Eurostat found, compared to just 1 per cent among 15 to 24-year-olds. The average lies at 8.4 per cent, Eurostat said based on data from 2019. But drinking rates differ immensely across the bloc: In Portugal, one in five adults drinks daily, according to Eurostat. In Latvia and Lithuania, only 1 per cent of adults do so. Danes, however, are the heaviest drinkers in the EU: About 40 per cent of the Danish population drinks excessively more than once a month. Eurostat defines heavy drinking as the consumption of 60 grams pure ethanol, or at least five standard beers. By contrast, only 4 per cent of people in Italy and Cyprus reported doing so.