Table 8: Heavy episodic drinkers among the adult population
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| Country |
Year |
Total (%) |
Male (%) |
Female (%) |
a Consumption of seven or more standard drinks for males (five or more for females) on any one drinking occasion at least monthly.
b At least once a month six or more drinks on the same day.
c Among drinkers only
d Consumption of five or more drinks on one occasion at least once a month in the last year.
e At least once a week consumption of five or more standard drinks in one sitting.
f Consumption of five or more drinks on one occasion, 12 or more times in the last year.
g Consumption of six or more drinks on one occasion weekly or more.
h Consumption of six or more drinks on one occasion at least once a month in the last year.
Note: Countries in bold indicate that surveys were not national but regional. Please refer to individual country profiles for details of references/sources used.
|
| Australia a |
2001 |
13.4 |
15.3 |
11.6 |
| Belgium b |
2001 |
20.1 |
32.6 |
8.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina e |
2003 |
1.2 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
| Brazil e |
2003 |
9.9 |
17.2 |
4.1 |
| Burkina Faso e |
2003 |
10.9 |
13.9 |
7.7 |
| Canada c,f |
2001-2002 |
20.1 |
28.3 |
11.2 |
| Chad e |
2003 |
12.3 |
17.2 |
7.9 |
| China e |
2003 |
3.8 |
7.5 |
0.3 |
| Colombia g |
2001-2002 |
5.2 |
11.6 |
1.9 |
| Comoros (the) e |
2003 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
| Congo e |
2003 |
5.2 |
8.3 |
2.5 |
| Costa Rica c,d |
2003 |
|
22.1 |
8.2 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
2003 |
4.1 |
6.5 |
0.9 |
| Czech Republic (the) c,d |
2002 |
|
28.8 |
9.9 |
| Dominican Republic (the) e |
2003 |
9.1 |
15.7 |
3.5 |
| Ecuador e |
2003 |
4.7 |
9.3 |
1.2 |
| Estonia e |
2003 |
6.9 |
15.2 |
2.3 |
| Ethiopia e |
2003 |
4.1 |
7.7 |
0.4 |
| Finland c,h |
2000 |
|
49.1 |
14.1 |
| France c,h |
2000 |
|
27.9 |
9.7 |
| Georgia e |
2003 |
10.8 |
22.3 |
1.2 |
| Germany c,d |
2000 |
|
42.1 |
12.7 |
| Ghana e |
2003 |
1.4 |
2.5 |
0.4 |
| Guatemala e |
2003 |
1.3 |
3.4 |
0.2 |
| Hungary e |
2003 |
9.1 |
18.9 |
1.9 |
| Iceland c,d |
2001 |
|
42.7 |
20.0 |
| India e |
2003 |
1.4 |
2.9 |
0.1 |
| Italy b,c |
2001-2002 |
|
12.8 |
11.5 |
| Japan c,h |
2001 |
|
38.3 |
10.7 |
| Kazakhstan |
2003 |
4.4 |
8.8 |
2.0 |
| Lao People's Dem. Republic (the) e |
2003 |
12.3 |
20.9 |
4.8 |
| Mexico c,d |
1998 |
|
46.9 |
5.8 |
| Namibia e |
2003 |
6.2 |
9.5 |
4.0 |
| Netherlands (the) c,h |
1999 |
|
36.6 |
11.6 |
| Nigeria c,d |
2003 |
|
52.0 |
39.6 |
| Paraguay e |
2003 |
14.3 |
27.4 |
3.4 |
| Philippines (the) e |
2003 |
7.0 |
13.2 |
1.6 |
| Russian Federation (the) b |
2003 |
8.2 |
15.1 |
3.6 |
| Slovakia b |
2003 |
6.8 |
13.9 |
2.8 |
| Spain e |
2003 |
4.6 |
8.5 |
1.6 |
| Sri Lanka e |
2003 |
2.4 |
4.9 |
0.1 |
| Ukraine e |
2003 |
9.6 |
19.5 |
3.7 |
| Uganda c,d |
2003 |
|
46.0 |
17.6 |
| The United Kingdom g |
2000 |
17.0 |
24.0 |
9.0 |
| Viet Nam e |
2003 |
4.7 |
10.2 |
0.3 |
| Zimbabwe e |
2003 |
4.0 |
10.1 |
0.9 |
Source: WHO
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.28
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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
