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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?

The Level 3 "Source" text of this Digest is:

WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

It can be viewed at:

 www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_status_report_2004_overview.pdf

or purchased as a printed book at the WHO bookshop.

For more information on this question, see:

 Global Overviews, p.9-21 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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2.1 How much alcohol is consumed?

For more information on this question, see:

 Global Overviews, Alcohol consumption, p.9-12 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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2.2 What are the preferred beverages in different countries?

For more information on this question, see:

 Global Overviews, Beverage preferences, p.13-14 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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2.3 What consumption is not reflected in national statistics?

For more information on this question, see:

 Unrecorded alcohol consumption, p.15-17 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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2.4 What is specific to locally made beverages?

For more information on this question, see:

 Traditional or local alcoholic beverages, p.18-21 of the
WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004