In Europe, women have attained equal status as men in liquor consumption. According to a survey, the number of women consuming liquor in the age group of 18 to 27 years is same as men. This equivalency is not just in the matter of liquor consumption, but both are equivalent, even in the matter of liquor addiction and drug addiction treatment. But the gap in liquor consumption, among women and men in Asia is still very high.
Four to five decades ago, the number of men consuming liquor was double than the women. But since then, the number of women drinking liquor has increased steadily. The study, printed in the journal, BMJ Open, states that this gap between women and men has been decreasing at six percent per decade, and in some areas women have left men behind.
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This research is based on the last 68 studies. Most of these were in Europe, but one part of this study, also include survey done on men and women, who drink liquor in the United States.In these studies from 1948 to 2014, a total of 40 lakh people, behavior in relation to liquor consumption was studied. Of these, 16 studies continued for 20 years or more. Five studies lasted more than three decades.
Research has been led by Tim Slade of the University of New South Wales, Australia. Slade teaches at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center of the University. He says, historically, the problem of drinking and addiction was related to men. But new things have come up, which show efforts that are being made to tackle the problems of drug addiction and related problems, there is need to keep young women at the center of this affair.
The gap in liquor consumption between men and women is decreasing, not because men are now consuming less liquor. The study clearly shows that women are now drinking too much liquor. And in some areas it is more, compared to others. As there is still much difference between men and women in Asia. In the rich countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, in 2012, 9.1 liters of liquor per person was used annually. According to another report, drinking liquor in 1990 was the eighth largest cause of death and disability, which became the fifth largest cause in 2010.