Level 2 - Details on Alcohol

• 1. Introduction - How many people are affected by alcohol?
• 2. What are the general patterns of alcohol consumption?
  • 2.1 How much alcohol is consumed?
  • 2.2 What are the preferred beverages in different countries?
  • 2.3 What consumption is not reflected in national statistics?
  • 2.4 What is specific to locally made beverages?
• 3. What are the drinking habits in various countries?
  • 3.1 How can drinking habits be measured?
  • 3.2 Who are the abstainers?
  • 3.3 Who are the heavy drinkers?
  • 3.4 Who are the heavy episodic drinkers?
  • 3.5 Who is affected by alcohol dependence?
  • 3.6 Who are the young drinkers?
• 4. What are the health effects of alcohol consumption?
  • 4.1 What diseases are due to alcohol consumption?
  • 4.2 What are the effects of alcohol on the unborn child/fetus?
  • 4.3 What are the health benefits of alcohol consumption?
  • 4.4 How are depression and alcohol consumption linked?
  • 4.5 In what ways can alcohol consumtion lead to physical injuries?
  • 4.6 What is the overall health burden of alcohol consumption?
• 5. What social and economic problems are linked to alcohol use?
  • 5.1 How can work performance be affected by alcohol consumption?
  • 5.2 How can the familly be affected by alcohol consumption?
  • 5.3 What is the link between alcohol and poverty?
  • 5.4 What is the link between alcohol and violence between partners?
  • 5.5 What are the estimated economic and social costs?
• 6. Conclusion