Of Interest

From the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter Volume 16, Issue 9 June 2000

Liters of pure alcohol consumed per person per year

France 12.1
Czech Republic 11.9
Germany/Portugal 10.8
Denmark/Hungary 10.1
Spain/Switzerland 9.4
Australia 7.8
United Kingdom 7.2
U.S. 6.6

A liter of pure alcohol represents 50 to 60 "drinks" (5 oz wine, 12 oz beer, 1.5 oz 80 proof spirits).

1/3 of Americans never drink 1/3 drink lightly/occasionally 8% consume 1/2 of the total alcohol

Thu May 16 1996

14% of intravenous drug users carry the virus, and another 1.5% get infected each year.
In New York City, 41% have the virus; in the Seattle area, only 2.4% do.
18% of men who have sex with men have the virus, and 0.7% get infected each year. Rates range from 41% in San Francisco to 11% in Gary, Ind.
2.3% of heterosexuals at high risk -- chiefly the sex partners of IV drug users and bisexual men -- are infected. Another 0.5% get infected each year.
In Newark, N.J., the rate is 6.4%; in Gary, it's 0.7%.