South Koreans drank more than twice the global average for alcohol consumption in 2005, according to a report from the World Health Organization published last week.
The London-based daily The Economist reported it online in a world map format Feb. 14. The image, which shows each country's 2003-05 average of alcohol consumption per person aged 15 or over, indicates South Korea in bright red, in the highest of six categories (12.5 liters or more per person).
South Koreans drank the equivalent of 14.8 liters of pure alcohol per person aged 15 or over in 2005, said the report. The global average was 6.1 liters, less than half that.
Spirits were overwhelmingly South Koreans' favorite beverage. They drank 9.6 liters' worth per person in 2005, more than in any other country. Thus spirits accounted for a staggering 81 percent of South Koreans' drinking, followed by beer at 18% percent. Wine and other alcoholic beverages together comprised less than 2 percent of Koreans' drinking.
The biggest boozers are mostly found in Europe and in the former Soviet states. Moldovans are the most bibulous, getting through 18.2 liters each, nearly 2 liters more than the Czechs who are placed second.
Over 10 liters of a Moldovan's annual intake is reckoned to be 'unrecorded' home-brewed liquor or illegal liquor, making it particularly harmful to people’s health since it is unregulated. Such moonshine accounts for almost 30 percent of the world's drinking. In South Korea, slightly over a fifth of the alcohol consumed in 2005 came from 'unrecorded' liquor.
The World Health Organization estimates that alcohol results in 2.5 million deaths a year, more than AIDS or tuberculosis.
한국 세계 최고 음주국에 속해
2005년 한국 사람들이 세계 평균 알코올 소비량보다 2배 이상을 소비했다고 지난주 세계보건기구(WHO)가 발표했다.
WHO는 14세 이상인 한국인은 평균 일인당 14.8 리터 상당의 순수 알코올을 소비했다고 발표했다. 세계 평균은 6.1 리터였다.
온라인 판 영국 경제 전문지 〈이코노미스트〉는 세계보건기구 자료를 14일 세계 지도 형식으로 발표했다. 나라별 2003~2005년 14세 이상 인구의 평균 순수 알코올 소비율을 나타내는 이 지도에는 한국이 진홍색으로 표시되어 최고 범주(12.5 리터 이상)에 속했다.
한국에는 무엇보다 증류주가 기호음료로 드러났다. 2005년도에는 일인당 9.6 리터 상당의 증류주를 소비하여 한국이 세계 최고의 증류주 소비율을 기록했다. 따라서 한국 주류의 무려 81 퍼센트는 증류주로 구성되었다. 그 다음 맥주가 18 퍼센트를 차지했고 와인과 기타 알코올성 음료는 2 퍼센트에 불과했다.
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