This report provides comparable global information on: the consumption of alcohol (Section 1); the consequences of the harmful use of alcohol (Section 2); and the policy responses (Section 3). The four appendices include: country profi les for all 193 WHO Member States (Appendix I); a set of additional indicators (Appendix II); a table of comparable alcohol consumption data (Appendix III); and a section explaining data sources and methods used in this report (Appendix IV). Alcohol consumption and problems related to alcohol vary widely around the world, but the burden of disease and death remains signifi cant in most countries
