Table 18: Characteristics of adult alcohol consumption in different regions of the world 2000 (population weighted averages)
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| WHO Region (Definition see below) |
Beverage type mostly consumed |
Total consump-
tion1 |
% unre-
corded of total2 |
% heavy drinkers3 |
% drinkers among males |
% drinkers among females |
Con-
sump-
tion per drinker4 |
Average drinking pattern5 |
1 Estimated total alcohol consumption per resident aged 15 and older in litres of absolute alcohol (recorded and
2 Percentage of total adult per capita consumption (= column 3) which is estimated to be unrecorded
3 Estimated % rate of heavy drinking (males ≥ 40 g and females ≥ 20 g) among those aged 15+
4 Estimated total alcohol consumption (in litres of absolute alcohol) per adult drinker
5 Estimated average pattern of drinking (1-4 with 4 being the most detrimental pattern i.e. based on many heavy drinking occasions, drinking outside meals, high level of fiesta drinking and drinking in public places, etc. and 1 being the least detrimental pattern i.e. least heavy drinking occasions, drinking with meals, no fiesta drinking, elast drinking in public places, etc. )
|
| Africa D (e.g. Nigeria, Algeria) |
Mainly other fermented beverages |
4.9 |
53 |
5.3 |
47 |
27 |
13.3 |
2.5 |
| Africa E (e.g. Ethiopia, South Africa) |
Mainly other fermented beverages and beer |
7.1 |
46 |
10.3 |
55 |
30 |
16.6 |
3.1 |
| Americas A (Canada, Cuba, the United States) |
> 50% of consumption is beer, about 25% spirits |
9.3 |
11 |
11.2 |
73 |
58 |
14.3 |
2.0 |
| Americas B (e.g. Brazil, Mexico) |
Beer, followed by spirits |
9.0 |
30 |
9.1 |
75 |
53 |
14.1 |
3.1 |
| Americas D (e.g. Bolivia, Peru) |
Spirits, followed by beer |
5.1 |
34 |
2.7 |
74 |
60 |
7.6 |
3.1 |
| Eastern Mediterranean B (e.g. the Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia) |
Spirits and beer, but scarce data |
1.3 |
34 |
1.5 |
18 |
4 |
11.0 |
2.0 |
| Eastern Mediterranean D (e.g. Afghanistan, Pakistan) |
Spirits and beer, but scarce data |
0.6 |
56 |
0.1 |
17 |
1 |
6.0 |
2.4 |
| Europe A (e.g. Germany, France, the United Kingdom) |
Wine and beer |
12.9 |
10 |
15.7 |
90 |
81 |
15.1 |
1.3 |
| Europe B (e.g. Bulgaria, Poland, Turkey) |
Spirits |
8.3 |
41 |
8.8 |
72 |
52 |
13.4 |
2.9 |
| Europe C (e.g. the Russian Federation, Ukraine) |
Spirits |
13.9 |
38 |
18.6 |
89 |
81 |
16.5 |
3.6 |
| South-East Asia B (e.g. Indonesia,Thailand) |
Spirits |
3.1 |
27 |
1.2 |
35 |
9 |
13.7 |
2.5 |
| South-East Asia D (e.g. Bangladesh,India) |
Spirits |
2.0 |
79 |
0.9 |
26 |
4 |
12.9 |
3.0 |
| Western Pacific A (e.g. Australia, Japan) |
Beer and spirits |
8.5 |
20 |
4.2 |
87 |
77 |
10.4 |
1.2 |
| Western Pacific B (e.g. China, the Philippines, Viet Nam) |
Spirits |
5.0 |
26 |
4.1 |
84 |
30 |
8.8 |
2.2 |
Source: Rehm et al. (2003d)
Source: WHO
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.53
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Table 6: Rate of last year abstainers among the adult population
Table 7: Heavy drinkers among the adult population
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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
