Europe has the highest per capita consumption in the world, even though its per capita consumption has decreased by more than 10% since 2010.

Alcohol is consumed by more than half of theВ population in three WHO regions вЂ“ the Americas, Europe and the Western Pacific. Global consumption predicted to increase in the next 10 yearsДЄn estimated 2.3 billion people are current drinkers. Alcohol-use disorders are more common in high-income countries. Globally an estimated 237 million men and 46 million women suffer from alcohol-use disorders with the highest prevalence among men and women in the European region (14.8% and 3.5%) and the Region of Americas (11.5% and 5.1%). Of all deathsВ attributable to alcohol, 28% were due to injuries, such as those from traffic crashes, self-harm and interpersonal violence 21% due to digestive disorders 19% due to cardiovascular diseases, and the remainder due to infectious diseases, cancers, mental disorders and other health conditions.Дespite some positive global trends in the prevalence of heavy episodic drinking and number of alcohol-related deaths since 2010, the overall burden of disease and injuries caused by the harmful use of alcohol is unacceptably high, particularly in the European Region and the Region of Americas. вЂњItвЂ™s time to step up action to prevent this serious threat to the development of healthy societies.вЂќ вЂњFar too many people, their families and communities suffer the consequences of the harmful use of alcohol through violence, injuries, mental health problems and diseases like cancer and stroke,вЂќ said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO. It also describes what countries are doing to reduce this burden. WHOвЂ™s Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 presents a comprehensive picture of alcohol consumption and the disease burden attributable to alcohol worldwide. Overall, the harmful use of alcohol causes more than 5% of the global disease burden. More than three quarters of these deaths were among men. More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today.

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