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COUNTRY PROFILES WESTERN PACIFIC REGION WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004 1 World Health Organization 2004 Japan Recorded adult per capita consumption (age 15+) 0123456789196119651969197319771981198519 89199319972001 YearLitres of pure alcoholTotalBeerSpiritsWine Sources: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), World Drink Trends 2003 Last year abstainers Total Male Estimates from key alcohol experts show that the proportion of adult males and females who had been abstaining (last year before the survey) was 12% (males) and 23% (females). Data is for after year Heavy and hazardous drinkers (among drinkers) Male Data from the WHO GENACIS study. National survey conducted in 2001 (age group 20 to 64 years).
In a study where researchers used published vital statistics data from 1992 to 1996 to calculate the attributable risk percent (ARP) in 5-year cohorts of Japanese men aged 20 years and older, it was found that among Japanese men, heavy alcohol consumption accounted for 70.7% of deaths due to cirrhosis, 76.8% of liver cancer deaths,
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