Table 1

Alcohol consumption indices, by country and sex

	Men				Women
	Russia	Poland	Czech R	p Value*	Russia	Poland	Czech R	p Value*
	n = 515	n = 284	n = 319	p Value*	n = 475	n = 292	n = 358	p Value*
*Statistical significance for differences between populations; †drinkers only; ‡among those who reported any alcohol in the past year, month, and week, respectively.
Frequency of drinking (from GF)
⩾5 times/week	5	15	35	<0.001	0.6	12	8	<0.001
1–4 times/week	31	21	36		5	7	20
1–3 times/month	35	24	11		26	18	22
3–11 times/year	14	21	6		43	26	15
1–2 times/year	4	6	6		10	14	19
Never in the past year	11	14	6		16	24	17
Binge drinking (from GF)
⩾80 g at least once a month	30	12	17	<0.001	1	2	4	0.02
⩾120 g at least once a month	16	7	9	0.001	0.6	1	2	0.12
⩾160 g at least once a month	12	4	6	<0.001	0.6	0.7	1.7	0.28
⩾80 g at least once a week	10	4	6	0.002	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.72
⩾120 g at least once a week	5	2	3	0.040	0.4	0.3	0	0.48
⩾160 g at least once a week	4	1	2	0.002	0.4	0	0	0.26
Mean average dose per drinking session (g of ethanol)†	70.8	45.8	44.8	<0.001	26.9	22.9	30.7	<0.001
Mean number of drinking sessions per year	66.5	78.7	179.3	<0.001	14.7	22.9	43.3	<0.001
Mean annual intake (litres of ethanol)	4.64	4.08	8.50	<0.001	0.60	0.72	1.42	0.005
Largest amount consumed at one session (g of ethanol)‡
In the past year	125.9	144.7	160.9	0.07	32.7	76.4	74.7	<0.001
In the past month	89.1	103.5	101.9	0.19	24.0	42.6	48.8	<0.001
In the past week	67.1	72.2	70.4	0.59	21.7	37.8	33.6	<0.001