Table 1.

Alcohol consumption and tobacco use in China and South Africa

		Males					Females
		Number of new cases		Crude incidence/100,000		ASIRW	Number of new cases			Crude		ASIRW
China184		13,161		26.46		18.03	5,763			10.85		5.81
South Africa185		848		3.2		4.7	650			2.35		2.67
China
Alcohol per capita (15+) consumption (in liters of pure alcohol)2
	Average 2003–2005				Average 2008–2010			Males			Females
	4.9				6.7			10.9			2.2
Prevalence of smoking any tobacco product among persons aged ≥15 years186
	Male			Female							Total 2015
	2000		2015	2000					2015
	55.8		47.6	3.5					1.8		25.3
South Africa
Alcohol per capita (15+) consumption (in liters of pure alcohol)2
	Average 2003–2005				Average 2008–2010			Males			Females
	10.1				11.0			11.4			4.2
Prevalence of smoking any tobacco product among persons aged ≥15 years186
	Male			Female							Total 2015
	2000		2015	2000					2015
	35.3		31.4	12.5					6.5		18.4

Notes: The amount of pure alcohol consumed per capita and the prevalence of tobacco use in China and South Africa are presented in the above table. For alcohol consumption, data are shown for the periods 2003–2005 and 2008–2010 and for males and females in 2010. The trend observed in both countries is an increase in alcohol consumption over time.187 In terms of tobacco use, data are given as percentages of the population that uses tobacco.

Abbreviations: ASIRW, age-standardized incidence rate by world standard population.