World’s heaviest drinking countries revealed

     2014-July-28  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

A World Health Organization (WHO) report provides country profiles for alcohol consumption in the 194 WHO member states, looking at the resulting impact on public health and policy responses.

It reveals that the harmful use of alcohol causes 3.3 million deaths a year worldwide. Europe is the region with the highest consumption of alcohol per person, making up the entire top 10.

Belarus takes the top spot, with people on average drinking 17.5 liters of pure alcohol a year, followed by the Republic of Moldova where the figure is 16.8 liters.

Australia and Canada also have high levels of alcohol consumption, with people on average drinking 12.2 and 10.2 liters a year respectively.

In the United States the figure is marginally lower at 9.2 liters. But in northern Africa and the Middle East, the average figure is less than 2.5 liters of alcohol per person, with many countries having figures below one liter.

The average figure globally is 6.2 liters of pure alcohol per person per year.

But as less than half the world population (38.3 percent) actually drinks alcohol, this means that those who do drink consume on average 17 liters of pure alcohol annually, the report said.

The WHO warned that alcohol consumption increases the risk of developing more than 200 diseases, including liver cirrhosis and some cancers.

The report also points out that a higher percentage of deaths among men than among women are from alcohol-related causes — 7.6 percent of men’s deaths and 4 percent of women’s deaths — though there is evidence that women may be more vulnerable to some alcohol-related health conditions compared to men.

The figures represent the average amount of pure alcohol consumed per capita in each country between 2008 and 2010.

WHO公布全球最爱喝酒榜

世界卫生组织公布的一项报告提供了该组织194个成员国的酒精消耗量数据，并研究饮酒对公众健康的影响和政策回应。

该报告称全球每年酒精滥用导致330万人丧失生命。欧洲的年人均酒精消耗量居首位，报告中前十的国家均在欧洲。

白俄罗斯居首位，年人均摄入纯酒精量为17.5升，医生在线答疑，紧随其后的是摩尔多瓦共和国，16.8升。

澳大利亚和加拿大的酒精消耗量也很高，分别为每年人均12.2升和10.2升。美国人的人均摄入量略低，为9.2升。但是在北非和中东，人均酒精摄入量低于2.5升，这些地区的许多国家甚至低于1升。

全球的年人均纯酒精摄入量为6.2升。但介于全球不到一半的人（即38.3%）会饮酒，报道指出，这意味着饮酒的人年平均消耗17升纯酒精。

世卫组织发出警告，饮用酒精会增加200多种疾病的发病几率，包括肝硬化和某些癌症。

报告也指出，男性因饮酒导致的死亡率比女性死亡率高，男性为7.6%，女性为4%，好医师网，尽管有证据表明，相比于男性，女性更易罹患由酒精引发的疾病。这些数据呈现了从2008年到2012年间每个国家的人均纯酒精消耗量。

Words to Learn 相关词汇

   【略微】

    luèwēi

    marginally

    not considered important, insignificantly

    【脆弱的】

    cuìruò de

    vulnerable

    liable or exposed to disease, disaster, etc.