Table 7: Heavy drinkers among the adult population
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| Country |
Year |
Total (%) |
Male (%) |
Female (%) |
a : Regional survey
b : Consumption of 40 g or more pure alcohol/day for men and 20 g or more pure alcohol/day for women.
c: Among drinkers only
d: Consumption of more than 40 g pure alcohol/day for men and more than 20 g pure alcohol/day for women.
e: Consumption of 560 g of ethanol a week or more (80 g a day or more).
f: Consumption of five or more standard drinks for males and three or more standard drinks for females on a
typical drinking day.
g: Consumption of more than 0.5 litres of wine daily.
Note: Please refer to individual country profiles for details of references/sources used.
|
| Argentina a,b,c |
2003 |
|
11.5 |
2.0 |
| Australia d |
2001 |
7.0 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
| Austria b,c |
1993 |
|
17.3 |
7.0 |
| Brazil b,c |
2001-2002 |
|
17.8 |
18.2 |
| Bulgaria e |
1997 |
|
18.2 |
0.8 |
| Burkina Faso b |
2003 |
11.6 |
10.0 |
13.2 |
| Chad b |
2003 |
11.0 |
12.8 |
9.5 |
| Colombia c,f |
2001-2002 |
31.8 |
52.4 |
21.0 |
| Costa Rica b,c |
2003 |
|
5.0 |
3.0 |
| Czech Republic (the) b,c |
2002 |
|
25.7 |
12.5 |
| Dominican Republic (the) b |
2003 |
2.1 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
| Ecuador b |
2003 |
4.1 |
7.3 |
1.7 |
| Estonia e |
1997 |
|
9.3 |
0.5 |
| Ethiopia b |
2003 |
9.3 |
8.1 |
10.6 |
| Finland b,c |
2000 |
|
5.8 |
3.4 |
| France b,c |
1999 |
|
16.6 |
7.8 |
| Georgia c,f |
2001-2002 |
27.8 |
50.1 |
10.6 |
| Germany b,c |
2000 |
|
11.2 |
11.3 |
| Ghana b |
2003 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
| Hungary b |
2003 |
12.4 |
16.9 |
9.3 |
| India b |
2003 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
0.4 |
| Israel b,c |
2001 |
|
5.9 |
4.7 |
| Italy g |
2000 |
5.8 |
9.8 |
2.0 |
| Japan b,c |
2001 |
|
22.7 |
4.9 |
| Lao People's Dem. Rep. b |
2003 |
2.7 |
3.8 |
1.8 |
| Mexico c,f |
2000-2001 |
14.2 |
18.1 |
11.6 |
| Namibia b |
2003 |
4.1 |
3.1 |
4.9 |
| Nepal b |
2003 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
| Netherlands (the) b,c |
1999 |
|
10.4 |
11.1 |
| Nigeria b,c |
2003 |
|
27.8 |
36.1 |
| Norway b,c |
1999 |
|
3.0 |
5.2 |
| Paraguay b |
2003 |
3.1 |
5.6 |
1.0 |
| Russian Federation (the) b |
2003 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
1.6 |
| Slovakia b |
2003 |
7.0 |
5.2 |
7.9 |
| South Africa c,f |
1998 |
7.6 |
7.0 |
8.8 |
| Switzerland b,c |
1997 |
|
8.6 |
6.1 |
| Turkey c,f |
2000-2001 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
| Uganda b,c |
2003 |
|
40.1 |
20.3 |
| The United Kingdom c,f |
2000 |
|
39.0 |
42.0 |
| United States of America (the) b,c |
1996 |
|
6.4 |
5.0 |
| Viet Nam |
2003 |
2.9 |
5.7 |
0.6 |
| Zimbabwe |
2003 |
2.7 |
5.8 |
1.0 |
Source: WHO
 Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.27
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