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[–] Blaidd@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Europe drinks way more alcohol than North America

Excerpt from the article:

If you feel that Europeans drink a lot, your hunch is correct: people across the continent consume more alcohol than in any other part of the world. Each year in Europe, every person aged 15 and over consumes, on average, 9.5 litres of pure alcohol, which is equivalent to around 190 litres of beer, 80 litres of wine or 24 litres of spirits. That’s according to the 2021 European health report by the World Health Organization (WHO).

[–] cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

24 litres of spirits is about 4 bottles of whiskey or vodka every 3 weeks.

That does seem like a lot to me.

[–] hobovision@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In beer form, it's a bout a pint per day. Not too bad actually. I probably average close to that, since I'll have a can of beer most nights, and a few pints and/or cocktails on weekends.

[–] cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

That does not sound bad at all actually

Kind of high food an average still, but an individual doing that won’t be terrible.

[–] Boxtifer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's so relative. That sounds terrible to me. I however might drink 5 drinks a year.

[–] Locorock@artemis.camp 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

wouldn't that come out as 2 bottles per month?

[–] hobovision@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

750ml is the typical size of a bottle, so it would be more like 32 bottles per year, or 2.67 bottles per month.

[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

True, one of my neighbour drank 1 bottle of wine at diner and 1 at supper, he died of cirrhosis of liver at around 60 though.