Alcohol consumption and gender in rural Samoa

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Figure 1 The independent nation of Samoa, South Pacific.

Table 1 Number of standard alcoholic drinks per week in males and females in Savaii, Samoa

	N	0 (abstain)	1–5	6–25	26–75	75+
Males	485 (46.2%)	288 (59.4%)	4 (0.8%)	116 (23.9%)	56 (11.6%)	21 (4.3%)
Females	564 (53.8%)	549 (97.3%)	3 (0.5%)	10 (1.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0
Both sexes	1049	837 (79.8%)	7 (0.7%)	126 (12.0%)	59 (5.6%)	21 (0.2%)

Notes: One standard drink is defined as any drink containing 14 g of pure alcohol (355 mL of beer, 150 mL of wine, 45 mL of hard liquor)

Table 2 Gender differences in alcohol consumption worldwide

Nation	Female abstainers (%)b	Male abstainers (%)c	N (both sexes)	Ages	Time periodd	Year
Egypt	100.0	99.0	4,471	18+	last year	2001
Fiji	97.9	78.8	3,190	12+	unknown	1993
Samoaa	97.3	59.4	1,049	40+	last year	2009
Malaysia	96.5	83.1	6,003	18+	lifetime	2003
Marshall Islands	95.5	80.6	363	15+	last year	2000
Kiribati	92.9	51.4	2,788	20+	unknown	1981
Micronesia	90.9	45.1	1418	18+	last year	2000
Thailand	90.2	44.1	46,980	15+	unknown	2001
American Samoa	89.7	73.0	2070	25–64	last year	2007
India	89.3	67.1	5,119	18+	last year	2001
China	73.1	27.5	9,301	18+	last year	2001
Philippines	72.6	27.8	10,034	18+	lifetime	2003
United States	38.2	29.3	68,126	12+	last year	2002
Russian Federation	25.8	12.4	2,983	18+	lifetime	2003
Australia	20.8	14.1	26,744	14+	last year	2001
Japan	19.7	7.4	2025	20–64	last year	2001
United Kingdom	14.0	9.0	8,580	16–74	last year	2000
Germany	5.9	4.3	7,907	20–64	last year	2000

Notes:

a Present study

b Percentage of females who have abstained from alcohol

c Percentage of males who have abstained from alcohol

d Time of alcohol abstinence reported. (all other data from World Health Organization¹)

World Health OrganizationGlobal Status Report on AlcoholNew York, NYWorld Health Organization2004

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