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Slovenia
Until 1994, Slovenia was a typical wine-drinking country, with an average share of pure alcohol consumption amounting to more than 50%. After that beer became a very popular beverage. Since then, the share of pure alcohol consumed int he form of beer has risen substantially, and was almost equal to the share of pure alcohol consumed in wine, i.e. about 5 litres. [1]
In 2003, official statistics reported that adult per capita consumption was 12.3 litres of pure alcohol. [2]
A survey conducted in 1999 with people aged 18 or older (total survey size=1012) found that 13% of the population were heavy drinkers (21% male, 4% female). [3]
Youth Drinking: According to the 2001/2002 HBSC survey (total sample size=1069), the proportion of 15-year-olds who reported ever having been drunk two or more times was 44.3% for boys and 33.7% for girls. [4]
The number of alcohol-related road traffic accidents per 100,000 population was 77.43 in 2000 and 77.26 in 2001. [5]
The SDR per 100,000 people for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis was 34.08 in 2001 and 29.51 in 2002. SDR per 100,000 popoulation for all alcohol-related causes was 24.44 in 2003. [6]
[1] Sesok J, (2004). Alcohol consumption and indicators of alcohol-related harm in Slovenia, 1981-2002, Croatian Medical Journal, 45(4): 466-472.
[2] & [6] Sesok J, Sedlak S. Alcohol consumption and indicators of alcohol-related harm in Slovenia, 2004, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia.
[3] Hovnik-Kersmanc M. (1998). Drinking patterns among Slovene adult population.
[4] 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.
[5] European health for all database. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (http://mrvar.fdv.uni-lj.si/pub/mz19/mujkic.pdf)
