CONSUMO PER C PITA

CONSUMO PER CÁPITA

TOTAL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION As shown by the most recent WHO data, globally, individuals above 15 years of age drink on average 6.2 litres of pure alcohol per year (see Figure 2for further details), which translates into 13.5 grams of pure alcohol per day. However, there is wide variation in total alcohol consumption across WHO regions and Member States (see Figure 2). Thehighest consumption levels continue to be found in the developed world, in particular in the WHO European Region (EUR) and the WHO Region of the Americas (AMR). Intermediate levels of consumption arefound in the WHO Western Pacific Region (WPR) and the WHO African Region (AFR), while the lowest consumption levels are found in the WHO South-East Asia Region (SEAR) and particularly in the WHOEastern Mediterranean Region (EMR; see Figure 3 for data)



Differences in the levels of total consumption between regions of the world and between countries are the result of complex interactions betweena wide range of factors. These include sociodemographic factors (see Chapter 1), prevalence rates of abstention (see section 2.2.1), level of economic development (see section 2.2.4.4), culture, suchas predominance of Islam religion, and the preferred beverage types (see section 2.1.3). For example, only 5.4% of the population in the Eastern Mediterranean Region had consumed alcohol in the past12 months, contributing to the fact that the Eastern Mediterranean Region’s share of the total alcohol consumption in the world is significantly less than the population size might suggest. Conversely,the WHO European Region is home to 14.7% of the world’s population aged 15+ years, but consumes more than a quarter (25.7%) of the total alcohol consumed worldwide.

Datos de la Organización Mundialde la Salud (OMS) indican que en el 2010 el consumo de alcohol a nivel mundial fue de 6.2 litros de alcohol puro por persona de 15 años o mayores. Las regiones con mayor consumo son Europa y...