Romanian men, Ukrainian women worlds heaviest alcohol drinkers
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men in romania are the biggest alcohol drinkers in the world guzzling eight drinks a day on average. they are followed by men in portugal luxembourg lithuania and ukraine with seven units a day1 ukranian women who drink were in a league of their own putting away more than four glasses or shots every 24 hours followed by andorra luxembourg belarus sweden denmark ireland and britain all averaging about three per day1 the findings were made in a major study of 195 nations by the institute for health metrics and evaluation in seattle washington1 among men drinking alcohol in 2016 was most widespread in denmark 97 percent along with norway argentina germany and poland 94 percent1 in asia south korean men took the lead with 91 percent hitting the bottle at least once in a while1 among women danes also ranked first 95 percent followed by norway 91 percent germany and argentina 90 percent and new zealand 89 percent1 the most abstemious nations were those with muslim-majority populations1