Recorded consumption can be measured via sales and taxation or via. The latest global status report on alcohol and health contained newly developed. A recent analysis of 112 studies on the effects of alcohol tax increases affirmed. Tobacco and alcohol excise taxes for improving public health and revenue outcomes. Because of government support, australia skyrocketed from being responsible for less than 1% of global production to becoming the fifth largest global wine producer. List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita. However, through the sale and promotion of tobacco, alcohol, and ultraprocessed food and drink unhealthy commodities, transnational corporations are major drivers of global epidemics of ncds. Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2010. Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 who. Almost all 95% countries have alcohol excise taxes, but fewer than half of them. European status report on alcohol and health final for.
Alcohol related disorders prevention and control 5. World health organization who 2002, 2009 the demand for global information on alcohol consumption and alcoholattributable and alcoholrelated harm as well as related policy responses has increased significantly. Who release global alcohol strategy and status reports. Available in the national library of australia collection. Global status report on alcohol and health, world health. Action plan to reduce alcoholrelated harm in hong kong. At any given level of alcohol consumption, men have a greater risk than women. In 2008 and 2009 a new set of indicators were developed and data was collected among member states. Tobacco and alcohol excise taxes for improving public.
Excessive alcohol use can lead to increased risk of health problems such as injuries, violence, liver diseases, and cancer. Alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for the global burden of disease 1,2,3. Iam pleased to present the world health organizations global status report on. Measuring and preventing alcohol use and related harm among. This edition provides an update of the role of alcohol in global health and contains data not found in the earlier edition. The report seeks to document what is known about alcohol consumption and drinking patterns among various population groups. Global status report on alcohol and health in recent years, a larger number of countries have been providing data, enabling who to create a more comprehensive picture of the global situation on alcohol use and its health consequences. To assess changes in marketing policies over time, we compared the 2008 findings with data from the 2002 who global survey on alcohol and health, reported in whos 2004,global status report. The world health organizations global monitoring system on. Who library cataloguinginpublication data global status report on alcohol and health 2014 ed.
The world health organization periodically publishes the global status report on alcohol. Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 foreword control alcohol, promote health, protect future generations alcohol use is part of many cultural, religious and social practices, and provides perceived and the. Another dangerous trait of russian alcohol consumption pattern was the high volume of spirits compared. In the 1960s, the commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation csiro, australias leading scientific body, developed and imported mechanical grape harvesters using public funding. This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in equivalent litres of pure alcohol ethanol consumed per capita per year. Geneva as a part of the global information system on alcohol and health. This publication follows the same tradition of the first global status report five years ago, but it represents a complete update of the information. Assessing restrictiveness of national alcohol marketing. Global status report on alcohol and health 2014 achieve the objectives of the global alcohol strategy and the voluntary global target of at least a 10% relative reduction in the harmful use of alcohol by 2025. It has causal relationships with more than 200 threedigit international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems 10 th revision icd10. The table below for 191 countries uses 2010 data from the.
The world health organizations who global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol sets a voluntary target of reducing the harmful use of alcohol by 10% in about 10 years. According to world health organization who estimates, ischemic heart disease also known as coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease are the 2 leading causes of mortality worldwide and account for well over 20% of all deaths. The report provides an overview of alcohol consumption and harms in relation to the. Globally, alcohol consumption accounts for a substantial burden of disease, which translates into high social and economic costs. This paper models how to generate local estimates of the morbidity, mortality, and cost of current alcohol use instead of abstaining. End government support for proalcohol research the lancet. The cdc alcohol program works to strengthen the scientific foundation for preventing excessive alcohol use. Who global status report on alcohol and health 2011. It represents a continuing effort by the world health organization. Increase in alcohol tax appears to have decreased gonorrhea rates in maryland date. This resource aims at contributing to enhanced knowledge and competence relating to taxation and pricing policies among public health. It represents a continuing effort by who to support member states with global information in their efforts to. The size, impacts and drivers of illicit trade in alcohol.
Bird1 professor emeritus university of toronto jel codes. International comparisons of irish alcohol taxation within. The global status report on alcohol 2004 is a new edition of the report published by who in 1999. This paper details explains the panel session examined country experiences and discussed the results achieved from the application of tobacco taxation as a policy measure to reduce harmful behavior for health, and prevent ill health, premature mortality. The impact of alcohol consumption on global health. Administrative data sources, including medical examiner records, hospital.
In addition to the global perspective, the report contains country profiles for each european member state. The world health organizations global monitoring system. What role then should these industries have in ncd. Volumetric taxation and minimum pricing were regarded as the most important price. The prevention status reports psrs highlightfor all 50 states and the district of columbiathe status of public health policies and practices designed to prevent or reduce important health problems. As a first step forward, there is a new world health organization who global strategy on alcohol which sets out an initial framework for action on an international basis, but the resources available for implementing the strategy are puny. The lancet commission on investing in health in 20 pointed out that fiscal policies are a powerful and underused lever for curbing noncommunicable diseases and injuries. Quantifying the global contribution of alcohol consumption. Also released is the global status report on alcohol and health 2011 which presents a comprehensive perspective on the global, regional and country consumption of alcohol, patterns of drinking, health consequences and policy responses in member states see press release. Using the who criteria, this paper critically assesses the alcohol control policy of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia and sets out recommendations for major improvement for protecting the health of the. Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 pan american. The risks increase from a consumption of 10g alcohol a day one drink, the lowest data point onwards, such, at a consumption of 60gday, men have a just under 9% annual risk of.
Alcohol control policy in ethiopia and implications for. Measurement of alcohol use and associated harms at the city level is often incomplete or nonexistent even though such data are often critical to informing local prevention strategies. In terms of dalys lost in 2004, alcohol ranked 3 rd. The data are also available through a webbased information system and some of the indicators are used for this report, in main indicators on alcohol. Global variation in the relative burden of stroke and. Global status report on alcohol and health world health organization. As a result, total alcohol per capita consumption in the world can amount to 6. Sources of alcohol use disorders and alcohol dependence data pdf, 117kb. The global status report on alcohol and health 2011 presents a comprehensive perspective on the worldwide, regional and country consumption of alcohol, patterns of drinking, health consequences and policy responses in member states.
This report presents a comprehensive perspective on the global, regional and country consumption of alcoholic beverages alcoholic beverages subject category. What should be done about policy on alcohol pricing and promotions. Global survey on alcohol and health and global information. The potential global gains in health and revenue from. Rotman school of management university of toronto 105 st. Equity in household spending on alcoholic beverages in. Two related dimensions of alcohol consumption have been shown to impact disease and injury. As is shown by the data presented in the report despite the 2009 reduction ireland continues to have relatively high alcohol excise taxes in 2011 when compared with the majority of other 27 eu economies of the eu. Priority actions for the noncommunicable disease crisis. Globally, approximately 16% of drinkers engage in heavy episodic drinking often referred to as bingedrinking which is the most harmful to health. Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 executive summary is unlikely to be offset by substantial declines in consumption in the other regions. According to a 2011 report by the world health organization, annual per capita consumption of alcohol in russia was about 15. The scope and sources for the database are described in who global status report on alcohol published in 1999 who 1999.
Public health problems attributable to harmful alcohol consumption have become the. Alcohol consumption in russia remains among the highest in the world. The global status report on alcohol and health launched in geneva on 11 february 2011 illustrates the continuing work by who to support member states in collecting information, to better assist them in their efforts to reduce the harm from alcohol. The global status report on alcohol and health 2011 presents a comprehensive perspective on the global, regional and country consumption of alcohol, patterns of drinking, health consequences and policy responses. The global status report on alcohol and health 2011 presents a comprehensive perspective on the global, regional and country consumption of alcohol, patterns of drinking, health consequences and policy responses in member states. It represents a continuing effort by the world health organization who to support member states in. Global status report on alcohol and health 2011 includes country profiles. In addition to large international databases maintained by other international governmental organisations, more than 850 published sources have been identified and consulted. Global status report on alcohol and health 2014 prevencion. Global status report on alcohol and health consumption, harm and policy integrated, including country profiles. Addiction and personal responsibility as solutions to the contradictions of neoliberal consumerism. Who report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2008 the mpower package. Development oecd, on behalf of its health committee, between 2011 and 2014.
However, many gaps in the data remain and a detailed picture cannot be clearly drawn for all countries and regions. Alcoholtaxationreformstartingwiththewineequalisationtax. Whoeurope global status report on alcohol and health 2011. With growing awareness of the impact of alcohol consumption on global health rehm et al. In that report, we concluded that alcohol excise tax increases save lives, reduce health care costs, create and preserve jobs, and prevent alcoholrelated health problems. Global status report on alcohol and health 2014 national. The last who global status report on alcohol and health gsrah world health organization, 2014 indicated that a large amount of alcohol consumption was from unrecorded sources, with clear. Global status report on alcohol and health 2014 alcohol 2. Who is prepared and committed to continue to monitor, report and disseminate the best available knowledge. Despite the existence of these policies evidence shows that alcohol misuse and alcoholrelated harms have increased in south africa.
In late 2009, we issued a report detailing the potential benefits of alcohol excise taxes in maryland. This report focuses on excessive alcohol use and briefly describes why it is a public health problem, both. Who global status report on alcohol and health language undefined worldwide, 3. Global status report on alcohol and health 2011 pp. In addition, a study conducted by the industry in order to analyse tax issues estimated. The potential economic effects of alcohol excise tax. Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 publications page global status report on alcohol and health 2018 direct link sources of abstainer and heavy episodic drinking data pdf, 234kb. Who global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. Alcohol has been identified as a leading risk factor for death and disability globally, accounting for 3.
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