Who Drinks the Most Alcohol?

11. The women of Denmark, Belarus, and Luxembourg drink far more than the women of Egypt, Cambodia, and Fiji.

According to the World Health Organization, 100 percent of Egyptian women abstain from alcohol, and women from Cambodia and Fiji are nearly as strict in their abstention. This is compared to only 4 percent of their Danish, Belarussian, and Luxembourgish sisters.

Men worldwide drink more than women, but the gender gap is narrowing and rates vary widely from country to country. "Women in Iceland drink more than men in Israel," Wilsnack says, "but men in Israel drink more than women in Israel and men in Iceland drink more than women in Iceland." In countries with traditionally sky-high female abstinence rates, "the best strategy is not to keep women suppressed by saying, 'You can't drink,' but rather to tell them, 'If you choose to drink, you can do it in a healthier way.'"

World Health Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004

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