Romanians represent the 5th heaviest drinking nation in the world

Worldwide, people 15 and older consumed 6.2 liters of alcohol per person in 2010, according to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report. Alcohol, in turn, contributed to some 3.3 million deaths as of 2012.

Romania stands way above the average, with a hopping 14.4 litres of alcohol consumed per year (more than double the global average).

Romania
> Alcohol per capita (APC) consumption: 14.4 liters
> Pct. binge drinking: 7.9 percent (75th highest)
> Pct. of deaths, alcohol-related: 8.9 percent (11th highest)
> Life expectancy at birth: 68.7 years

What stands out about Romania’s booze fiends is that they are particularly young: more than 37 percent of teenagers between 15 and 19 years old had engaged in binge drinking in the last 30 days, writes 24wallst.com.

Alcohol consumption os more of an issue among males — more than 55 percent of Romanian men ages 15 to 19 said they had engaged in binge drinking in the previous 30 days, considerably higher than most other countries. Binge drinking may be associated with alcohol related fatalities in the county. Nearly 9 percent of all deaths in 2012 were alcohol related, more than in all but a handful of

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Ahead of Romania are only:
4. Russian Federation
Alcohol per capita (APC) consumption: 15.1 liters
Pct. binge drinking: 19.3 percent (32nd highest)
Pct. of deaths, alcohol-related: 30.5 percent (5th highest)
Life expectancy at birth: 70.5 years

3. Lithuania
Alcohol per capita (APC) consumption: 15.4 liters
Pct. binge drinking: 36.7 percent (2nd highest)
Pct. of deaths, alcohol-related: 30.9 percent (4th highest)
Life expectancy at birth: 73.9 years

2. Republic of Moldova
Alcohol per capita (APC) consumption: 16.8 liters
Pct. binge drinking: 32.2 percent (8th highest)
Pct. of deaths, alcohol-related: 33.1 percent (3rd highest)
Life expectancy at birth: 81.4 years

1. Belarus
Alcohol per capita (APC) consumption: 17.5 liters
> Pct. binge drinking: 26.5 percent (14th highest)
> Pct. of deaths, alcohol-related: 34.7 percent (the highest)
> Life expectancy at birth: 72.1 years