Visualizations : Alcohol Consumption Worldwide
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World Health Organisation
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Comments (16)
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colm
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Strange that Uganda's consumption is so high given the relatively low consumption of its neighbours
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Jacket
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I'm sure Ireland would have made it to the top if they'd started counting 10 year olds up rather than 15 year olds. :)
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Karim
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Europeans drink more as a group.
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Jacket
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That does seem strange maybe its a blip in the data, quick google turned up the following fact:
Among the Bagonda people of Uganda, the several widows of a recently deceased king have the distinctive honor of drinking the beer in which his entrails have been cleaned. I'm not sure if that would encourage alcohol consumption. |
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Jacket
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Do you reckon people drink less near the equator due to economic reasons or climate reasons? I've heard that the alcohol content of beer in the south of the USA is lower than in the north.
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Fernanda B. Viegas
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The swath of "white" countries refers to the Muslim world. Muslims don't drink alcohol for religious reasons.
So it's interesting to see how the map below, of the Muslim population around the world, is almost a reverse image of the alcohol map above: 
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Jacket
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Ah excellent point, should have thought of that. But that still doesn't explain central and "northern" south America having a lower consumption.
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colm
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That's really interesting Fernanda, wouldn't have guessed without seeing the snapshot
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Frank van Ham
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For the story on Ugandese alcohol consumption, check here: http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/15082005/Magazine/Magazine150820052.htm
Seems like some national epidemic.. |
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Bernie.Hogan
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Hey all, I'm not familiar with this dataset - what's the time scale - Alcohol consumption per capita per ... month? year?
On the original dataset, it says -pure- alcohol, which makes up only a small percentage of the drink that's consumed. So 7.8 litres for Canada would seem like a year. |
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Bernie.Hogan
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Fernanda,
To the percentage of muslims vs. the chart above. That's really interesting. Is there a way here to mash up the datasets such that one can: 1. standardize the distribution for both 2. Subtract one from the other And show visually [sort of] the correlation? [by calling the rows of the datasets rather than merely cutting and pasting outside the program] |
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colm
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Bernie - it's alcohol consumption per year, I've updated the dataset to reflect this.
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Martin Wattenberg
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See also this map of legal drinking ages across the world.
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Anonymous
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Jacket,
If I had to guess I would say the reason that South America has a low consumption rate has something to do with Catholicism? Who knows though. |
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colm
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Anonymous - given Ireland's alcohol consumption level I'm not convinced that Catholicism reduces alcohol consumption.
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