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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Drug Probl. 2009 Apr 1;36(1/2):nihpa126808.

Table 2.

Means of annual volume of drinking in litres of 100 % alcohol, percentage of drinkers and social indicators per country by gender.

Volume of drinking % drinkers GDP Urbanisation % Ratio females / males in higher education Number of persons in household
Country Men Women Men Women
Argentina* 7.1 1.4 92.8 77.6 10880 89.9 1.5 4.4
Costa R. 4.9 1.5 67.3 42.4 8840 60.1 1.2 4.5
Czech R. 13.4 4.0 90.4 79.9 15780 74.2 1.1 4
Denmark 7.9 3.5 96.9 92.0 30940 85.2 1.4 2.6
Finland 5.9 2.0 92.2 90.2 26190 61.0 1.2 2.7
Germany 8.6 4.0 95.5 94.1 27100 87.9 1.0 4.1
Hungary 4.3 0.8 90.6 74.9 13400 64.7 1.3 3.5
Iceland 4.3 2.1 87.0 84.7 29750 92.7 1.7 -
India* 15.9 8.1 33.3 5.9 2670 28.1 0.7 5.7
Japan 8.4 2.4 91.1 77.0 26940 65.3 0.9 2.7
Nigeria* 14.6 12.3 42.1 22.3 860 45.9 - 5.8
Norway 5.4 2.1 91.5 88.6 36600 77.6 1.5 2.6
Spain* 8.9 3.8 67.1 43.8 21460 76.4 1.2 2.9
Sri Lanka 10.1 0.5 53.6 6.4 3570 21.1 - 4.6
Sweden 3.0 1.5 88.4 79.1 26050 83.3 1.5 2.7
Uganda* 19.9 6.0 51.2 39.5 1390 12.2 0.5 5.4
UK 8.1 3.4 89.6 81.9 26150 89.0 1.2 2.7
Uruguay 8.4 2.4 81.1 60.3 7830 92.4 1.8 3.7
*

Tha data of drinking variables is regional in these countries