Drunkest country in the world: official results

Dots1982 · 02-02-2012 01:31PM #1

Guess where we come??

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10011155-11.html?tag=page

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-02-2012 01:33PM

Hang your heads in shame:(

AngryBollix · 02-02-2012 01:33PM

Love the gargle

Nulty · 02-02-2012 01:35PM

No surprise there: I saw people running for fun the other day....for fun. This country has gone down the tubes in the last 15 years

jimmycrackcorm · 02-02-2012 01:37PM

Only 15th place????

Must try harder and drink more.

TheZohanS · 02-02-2012 01:37PM

A 2011 report by the World Health Organization states that 2.5 million deaths per year are caused by alcohol. "Almost 4% of all deaths worldwide," the report says, "are attributed to alcohol, greater than deaths caused by HIV/AIDS, violence or tuberculosis." Taking into account government data, surveys conducted by WHO, and other sources, the report provides a snapshot of alcohol consumption in the organization's 193 member countries. According to WHO, rates of consumption are generally highest in the developed world and rates of abstention are generally lowest in countries with large Muslim populations.

The report looked at alcohol consumed in various forms (including beer, wine and spirits), but the numbers listed are given in terms of the average amount of pure alcohol consumed annually per capita in each country.
Germany

Australia

Cameroon

England

Switzerland

Canada

Wales

Czech Republic

Latvia

Italy

Portugal

Brazil

Holland

Denmark

Ireland

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Meauldsegosha · 02-02-2012 01:39PM

We're only 15th. Come on lads we need to do better. Let's aim for top 10 next year.

hidinginthebush · 02-02-2012 01:39PM

Is that the Iranian president drinking in Hungary?

Leeg17 · 02-02-2012 01:39PM

15th place?

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

CardBordWindow · 02-02-2012 01:43PM

The only reason other countries are ahead of us is because of emigration!
Too many Irish in those countries is all!

Raytown Rocks · 02-02-2012 01:44PM

Are the minister's for health for those 14 in front of us also insisting on "minimum price" fr alcohol

Chuck Stone · 02-02-2012 01:44PM

I'm off the booze. Pizza and Coke (cola) for the super bowl.

I'm going to pretend I'm a morbidly obese American for authenticity Might even hire a mobility scooter to collect the pizza.

FatherLen · 02-02-2012 01:49PM

the photo for romania is funny.

Seachmall · 02-02-2012 01:50PM

They forgot WHO's caveat,

The World Health Organization was quick to point out that those countries that placed 14 and above have either the highest rates of Irish Immigrants or are considered the top countries in which Irish holiday makers set sail for the sun.

ASOT · 02-02-2012 01:51PM

Sure the majority of the people from the countries ahead of us live in ireland.

Poll is flawed.

luckyfrank · 02-02-2012 01:51PM

eastern europeans drunk feckers

Sam Kade · 02-02-2012 01:52PM

Dots1982 wrote: »

Drunkest country in the world: official results

Never knew that a country could get drunk

Bigcheeze · 02-02-2012 01:55PM

TheZohan wrote: »

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Why is that listing nothing like the listing in the article........even though you seem to have quoted the artilce

44leto · 02-02-2012 01:55PM

Only 15th

I am sorry boards, but I quit till march, but when I take it back up again that will lift us into the top 5.

ronjo · 02-02-2012 01:56PM

I am shocked that slovenia is 9th...... I lived there for 3 years and in a pub on a Saturday night half the people would be drinking tea or coffee !

TheZohanS · 02-02-2012 01:57PM

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Why is that listing nothing like the listing in the article........even though you seem to have quoted the artilce

I made it up. That's the beauty about the OP not quoting the actual article.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-02-2012 01:57PM

Cameroon???

sensibleken · 02-02-2012 01:57PM

The next time some prick in the Dail starts going on about raising the price of alcohol because we drink too much and we should be more like the continent. Can we just shove this down their fúcking throat

leggit · 02-02-2012 01:58PM

Not suprised about the eastern european countries being miles ahead of us but Andorra, South Korea and PORTUGAL, flippin' PORTUGAL!

Duckworth_Luas · 02-02-2012 02:00PM

I don't mind getting beaten at our national pastime by eastern European countries, but getting beaten by a fagg0tty assed Latin country like Portugal! Portugal FFS!