Global Health Observatory (GHO)

Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH): Patterns of consumption

Abstainers
Worldwide, 49% men and 68% women (58% for both) abstained from drinking alcohol in the past 12 months

Heavy episodic drinkers among drinkers
Worldwide, about 1.5% of drinkers have weekly heavy episodic drinking occasions

Patterns of drinking score
Most risky patterns are found in Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Ukraine

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