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Your numbers are off: the top decile accounts for about 75% of all alcohol consumed (US, 2014) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think-you

• throw_away 6y ago
  I think you may have read that chart wrong. ~75 is the # of drinks/week of the top decile (!!). Your linked article says: > As Cook notes in his book, the top 10 percent of drinkers account for well over half of the alcohol consumed in any given year. Also notable from this article: > "If the top decile somehow could be induced to curb their consumption level to that of the next lower group (the ninth decile), then total ethanol sales would fall by 60 percent."
  • tasty_freeze 6y ago
    No, I didn't misread the chart. I added up the total number of drinks across all categories and did the division. It just so happened that the total number of drinks is close to 100. > The top 10 percent of drinkers account for well over half of the alcohol consumed in any given year. Yes, 75% is well over half.