Alcohol responsible for 25 deaths in the world

Death of 25 in the world, even one in ten in Europe, is a consequence of alcohol consumption, according to studies published Friday in the British journal "The Lancet". Yet more than one in two of the world has ever consumed.

According to a study by Dr. Jürgen Rehm, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, the average consumption in the world is 6.2 liters of pure alcohol per year, or about the equivalent of a week 12 units (one unit = 10 g of pure alcohol, equivalent to 10 cl 25 cl of wine or beer).

It varies from 21.5 units per week in Europe to 18 units in North America and only 1.3 units in the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean.