WHO alcohol statistics

Here in the US, we consumed an average of 9.4 liters per person. The WHO, which recorded the information between 2001 and 2005 and considered people 15 years of age and older, ranks this country as having a “stable” pattern of drinking. Guess they didn’t target specific areas. Most of the college towns in America, say, or certain nightclubs along the Sunset Strip.

The WHO estimates that alcohol results in 2.5 million deaths a year, more than AIDS or tuberculosis. Perhaps surprisingly, the report notes that “despite widespread consumption, most people do not drink. Almost half of all men and two-thirds of women did not consume alcohol in 2005.”
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