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Alcohol Intoxication (cont.)

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Media file 1: Liver damage with alcoholic cirrhosis. Image from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

Total adult (15+) per capita consumption, in litres of pure alcohol, 2005(a)

a Best estimates of 2005 using average recorded alcohol consumption 2003-2005 (minus tourist consumption) and unrecorded alcohol consumption 2005.

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