Table 11: Heavy episodic drinkers among young adults aged 18-24 years old
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| Country |
Year |
Total (%) |
Male (%) |
Female (%) |
a At least once a week consumption of five or more standard drinks in one sitting.
b At least once a week consumption of six or more drinks in one sitting.
Note: Countries in bold indicate that surveys were not national. Please refer to individual country profiles for details of references/sources used.
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina a |
2003 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
0.0 |
| Brazil a |
2003 |
15.3 |
26.3 |
5.2 |
| Burkina Faso a |
2003 |
6.4 |
8.4 |
5.1 |
| Chad a |
2003 |
9.3 |
13.7 |
5.6 |
| China b |
2000-2001 |
2.1 |
3.9 |
0.3 |
| Colombia b |
2000-2001 |
7.8 |
14.5 |
4.1 |
| Comoros a |
2003 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
| Congo (the) a |
2003 |
3.9 |
6.4 |
2.2 |
| Côte d'Ivoire a |
2003 |
3.9 |
6.9 |
0.3 |
| Croatia a |
2003 |
4.6 |
9.6 |
0.0 |
| Czech Republic (the) |
2003 |
20.1 |
32.7 |
9.0 |
| Dominican Republic a |
2003 |
12.0 |
17.9 |
7.4 |
| Ecuador a |
2003 |
5.1 |
11.2 |
0.5 |
| Estonia a |
2003 |
6.0 |
10.4 |
3.5 |
| Ethiopia a |
2003 |
2.0 |
4.2 |
0.2 |
| Georgia a |
2003 |
10.1 |
19.6 |
2.1 |
| Ghana a |
2003 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
| Guatemala a |
2003 |
1.7 |
4.8 |
0.0 |
| Hungary a |
2003 |
12.2 |
20.8 |
3.5 |
| India b |
2000-2001 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
| Indonesia b |
2000-2001 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
| Kazakhstan a |
2003 |
3.1 |
6.8 |
1.1 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) a |
2003 |
11.5 |
19.2 |
5.3 |
| Latvia a |
2003 |
14.4 |
27.3 |
4.3 |
| Lebanon b |
2000-2001 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
| Malawi a |
2003 |
1.9 |
4.5 |
0.2 |
| Malaysia a |
2003 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
| Mali a |
2003 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
| Mauritius a |
2003 |
2.8 |
5.2 |
0.0 |
| Mexico a |
2003 |
3.1 |
6.3 |
0.8 |
| Morocco a |
2003 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
| Namibia a |
2003 |
5.4 |
10.6 |
2.0 |
| Nepal a |
2003 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
| Nigeria b |
2000-2001 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
| Paraguay a |
2003 |
16.1 |
29.2 |
4.4 |
| Philippines (the) a |
2003 |
7.3 |
13.6 |
0.9 |
| Russian Federation (the) a |
2003 |
5.7 |
6.9 |
4.6 |
| Slovakia a |
2003 |
17.8 |
28.4 |
9.0 |
| Spain a |
2003 |
8.6 |
15.1 |
3.2 |
| Sri Lanka a |
2003 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
| Tunisia a |
2003 |
3.3 |
6.3 |
0.0 |
| Turkey a |
2003 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
0.0 |
| Ukraine a |
2003 |
8.5 |
13.4 |
4.9 |
| Uruguay a |
2003 |
8.4 |
13.5 |
2.8 |
| Viet Nam a |
2003 |
3.7 |
8.1 |
0.0 |
| Zimbabwe a |
2003 |
2.8 |
6.6 |
0.3 |
Source: WHO
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.34
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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
