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Poland
In a 1998-1999 survey of 4373 adults in twenty primary care clinics, aged 18 to 80 years, the abstainer rate was found to be 35.5% total, 18.7% males and 47.7% females. The definition of an abstainer was someone having less than one drink per month. [1]
Youth Drinking: According to the 1997/1998 HBSC survey (total sample size 1636), 20% of 15-year-old boys and 8% of 15-year-old girls reported drinking beer, wine or spirits at least weekly. [2]
According to the 2001/2002 HBSC survey (total sample size 2152), the proportion of 15-year-olds who reported ever having been drunk two or more times was 40% for boys and 22.7% for girls. [3]
The SDR per 100,000 people for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis was 14.47 in 2000 and 13.56 in 2001.[4]
The number of alcohol-related road traffic accidents per 100,000 population was 24.11 in 1999 and 24.24 in 2000. [5]
[1] Manwwell LB, Ignaczak M, Czabala JC. Prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use disorders in Polish primary care settings. European Journal of Public Health, 2002, 12 (2): 139-144.
[2] Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: a WHO Cross-National Study (HBSC) International Report. Copenhagen, World Health Organization, 2000.
[3] Currie C et al., eds. Young people's health in context. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from the 2001/2002 survey. Copenhagen, WHO Health Policy for Children and Adolescents (HEPCA), 2004.
[4] & [5] European health for all database. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (http://hfadb.who.dk/hfa)
