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Any sources for the 1/3rd claim?

• chpatrick 3y ago
  Not 1/3 but 1/5 of Hungarians have a drinking problem: https://dailynewshungary.com/hungary-has-the-highest-rates-of-alcoholism-in-europe/ https://dailynewshungary.com/hungary-has-the-highest-rates-o...
• fooker 3y ago
  Belarus - male population. I expect it's worse in Russia, but there's not much in reliable stats. https://www.statista.com/statistics/972561/belarus-alcoholism-prevalence-by-gender-and-type/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/972561/belarus-alcoholis...
  • cpursley 3y ago
    You suspect that only because of the heavy anti-Russian sentiment going around right now (leading to a negative bias without fact checking). Alcohol consumption is down significantly there and has been on the decline. They’re not even in the top 15 countries who consume the most: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/russian-alcohol-consumption-down-40-since-2003-who https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/01/russian-alcoho... https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcohol-consumption-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcohol-c...
    • fooker 3y ago
      Interesting, thanks for the links. So curbs in alcohol sales work pretty well!
      • cpursley 3y ago
        Maybe (but you can still buy booze illegally after 11pm - or at bars). I think it's more or less greatly improved economic conditions and improving quality of life. The 1990s and early 2000s in Russia (Belarus & Ukraine as well) were seriously dire. I was surprised by how many people didn't drink in my travels there. A good movie to check out on that time period is "Brother" (Brat).