Table 10: Heavy episodic drinkers among youths
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| Country |
Year |
Total (%) |
Male (%) |
Female (%) |
Age group |
a Consumption of seven or more standard drinks on any one drinking occasion for males and five or more
standard drinks on any one drinking occasion for females (at least weekly).
b Consumption of five or more drinks in a row three times or more in the last 30 days.
c Consumption of five or more drinks on one occasion, twelve or more times in the last year (among drinkers only).
d At least once a week consumption of six or more standard drinks in one sitting.
e Consumption of five or more standard drinks in one day at least once in the last month.
f Consumption of five or more drinks on one occasion at least once in the past month.
Note: Countries in bold indicate that surveys were not national. Please refer to individual country profiles for details of references/sources used.
|
| Australia a |
2001 |
10.7 |
9.6 |
11.8 |
14-19 |
| Bulgaria b |
1999 |
11.0 |
15.0 |
6.0 |
15-16 |
| Canada c |
2000-2001 |
15.3 |
26.3 |
5.2 |
15-19 |
| China d |
2000-2001 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
0.0 |
15-19 |
| Colombia c |
2000-2001 |
7.8 |
14.5 |
4.1 |
15-19 |
| Cyprus b |
1999 |
12.0 |
18.0 |
6.0 |
15-16 |
| Denmark e |
2002 |
|
62.0 |
54.0 |
11-15 |
| Finland b |
1999 |
18.0 |
21.0 |
15.0 |
15-16 |
| France b |
1999 |
12.0 |
16.0 |
7.0 |
15-16 |
| Georgia d |
2000-2001 |
2.7 |
4.4 |
1.3 |
15-19 |
| Greece b |
1999 |
9.0 |
13.0 |
5.0 |
15-16 |
| Hungary f |
2003 |
27.5 |
39.2 |
22.2 |
15-16 |
| Iceland b |
1999 |
17.0 |
18.0 |
15.0 |
15-16 |
| Ireland b |
1999 |
31.0 |
32.0 |
32.0 |
15-16 |
| India d |
2000-2001 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
15-19 |
| Indonesia d |
2000-2001 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
15-19 |
| Lithuania b |
1999 |
9.0 |
12.0 |
18.0 |
15-16 |
| Malta b |
1999 |
22.0 |
25.0 |
23.0 |
15-16 |
| Mexico d |
2000-2001 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
15-19 |
| Nigeria d |
2000-2001 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
15-19 |
| Norway b |
2003 |
15.0 |
17.0 |
14.0 |
15-16 |
| Poland b |
1999 |
31.0 |
41.0 |
23.0 |
15-16 |
| Sweden b |
1999 |
17.0 |
22.0 |
13.0 |
15-16 |
| Syrian Arab Republic (the) d |
2000-2001 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
15-19 |
| Turkey d |
2000-2001 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
15-19 |
| The United Kingdom b |
1999 |
30.0 |
33.0 |
27.0 |
15-16 |
| United States of America (the) f |
2002 |
10.7 |
11.4 |
9.9 |
12-17 |
Source: WHO
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.33
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Table 6: Rate of last year abstainers among the adult population
Table 7: Heavy drinkers among the adult population
Table 8: Heavy episodic drinkers among the adult population
Table 9: Alcohol dependence among adult population
Table 10: Heavy episodic drinkers among youths
Table 11: Heavy episodic drinkers among young adults aged 18-24 years old
Table 13: Relative risks for beneficial alcohol-related health effects for different drinking categories (compared to abstainers)
Table 15: Attributable fractions of acute alcohol-related health effects in the adult general population
Table 16: Global burden of disease in 2000 attributable to alcohol according to major disease categories (DALYs in 000s)
Table 17: Burden of disease in 2000 attributable to tobacco, alcohol and drugs by developing status and sex
Table 18: Characteristics of adult alcohol consumption in different regions of the world 2000 (population weighted averages)
Table 19: Alcohol-related harm in different regions of the world (population weighted averages), DALYs (000s)
Table 20: Selected population alcohol-attributable fractions, by disease category, sex and level of development (% DALYs for each cause) in 2000
Table 21: Standardized mortality rates (per 100 000) for acute and chronic disease and injury, by WHO regional subgroupings (data shown is for most recent year available)
Table 21 [bis]: Social and economic costs of alcohol abuse for selected countries
Figure 3: Population weighted means of the recorded adult per capita consumption in the WHO Regions 1961-1999
Figure 4: Model of alcohol consumption, mediating variables, and short-term and longterm consequences
Figure 5: Global disease burden (in DALYs) in 2001 from alcohol use disorders, by age group and sex
Figure 6: Global deaths in 2001 from alcohol use disorders, by age group and sex
Footnote on the meaning of "adults"
Table 3: Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+)
Table 5: Estimated volume of unrecorded consumption in litres of pure alcohol per capita for population older than 15 for the years after 1995
Case example 1: India
Case example 2: Venezuela
Case example 3: Malaysia
Case example 4: Uganda
Case example 5: Botswana
Case example 6: Ethiopia
Case example 7: Egypt
Case example 8: Ghana
Case example 9: Kenya
Case example 10: United Republic of Tanzania
Case example 1: Botswana
Case example 2: Nepal
Case example 3: Cameroon
Case example 4: India
Case example 5: Malaysia
