Country

Prevalence and social effects

Medical consequences

Economic burden

USA [21] - [25]

12.7% of adults meet the criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD)

10% of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems (2012)

10,500 motor vehicle deaths (2016)

111 million self-reported episodes of alcohol-impaired driving among U.S. adults each year

88,000 deaths annually (cirrhosis, cancer)

Alcohol involved in 50% of homicides and 33% of suicides

USD 249 billion (2010)

Early mortality due to alcohol ($75 billion of the total), lost productivity and absenteeism at work ($82 billion), health-care costs ($28 billion), crime ($25 billion) and car crashes ($13 billion)

United Kingdom [26]

2% - 3% of population are dependent drinkers

1.17 million hospital admissions due to alcohol (2017)

1.3% to 2.7% of annual UK GDP, approximately £21 - £52 billion (2016)

PR China [27]

Alcohol use disorder 9.3% of males

310,000 deaths annually (2010)

Australia [28] [29] [30]

6% of population drink alcohol daily, 18% drink most days/week, 20% of employed people are high risk drinkers, 22% experienced abuse of fear related to alcohol

4186 deaths (2017) annually

144,000 hospital admissions (2013)

AUD $14.4 billion (2010)