Drinking Habits - map of world alcohol consumption

THE world drank the equivalent of 6.1 litres of pure alcohol per person in 2005, according to a report from the World Health Organisation published on February 11th. The biggest boozers are mostly found in Europe and in the former Soviet states. Moldovans are the most bibulous, getting through 18.2 litres each, nearly 2 litres more than the Czechs in second place. Over 10 litres of a Moldovan's annual intake is reckoned to be 'unrecorded' home-brewed liquor, making it particularly harmful to health. Such moonshine accounts for almost 30% of the world's drinking. The WHO estimates that alcohol results in 2.5m deaths a year, more than AIDS or tuberculosis. In Russia and its former satellite states one in five male deaths is caused by drink.


http://www.economist.com/blogs/dail..._consumption?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/mc/drinkinghabits

The way this study is conducted is qustionable, but the results are probably within reason.

 

Fuck alcohol. Smoke weed. It's waaay healthier for you.

 

Don't tell people what to do based on health. Their body their rules.

 

An interesting read, I would have thought us Aussies drank more though

 

Europe pride ! interesting stuff bro

 

damn thats sick :O
Time to drink this weekend

 

Didn't realize Europe consumed that much alcohol, wasn't surprised by Russia though.

 

Not at all surprised by Russia

 

I knew that Europe would be the highest. I've been stationed in Germany for a year now and holy SHIT do they drink a lot.

 

Or do something constructive, it's way more constructive.

 

My country has rated as the 6th most alcohol consuming country in the world

 

Or smoke weed then do something constructive, unlike with alcohol your still able to go about your day on weed, it's just funner

 

dem crazy russians, drinkin' dem vodkas

OT: Sort of surprising I guess, I like how all the dark red areas are linked to each other.

 

Yea thats what i would of thought, especially being Australian. Well i guess tonight i shall buy more drinks

 

I dont think theres enough people in the bigger section of Russia to be counted lol.......I coulda sworn that section farther east is like no-mans land since its freezing there.

 

Hahaha Aussies to be the 2nd biggest drinkers

 

And everyone accuses us lot in Ireland of being the biggest drinkers.

I havn't had a drink in like 3 hours!

 

That map seems really generalized. I was hoping for it to be more specific.

 

Heard about results of this report on radio today. Average of my country is about 16 litres lol

 

russia #1 by far, unsuprised rly