Assam Tops The List Of State With Highest Alcohol Consumption.

Assam Tops the list of state with highest alcohol consumption.

In the latest Health and Family Welfare Statistics (HFWS) in India, it has been reported that 26.3 percent of women and 59.4 percent of men between 15-54 years of age consume alcohol in Assam.

 Assam Tops The List Of State With Highest Alcohol Consumption.-TeluguStop.com

This is the highest in the country and the national percentages for the same age group are respectively 1.2 and 29.5.However, in terms of percentage of the population for both men and women in the age group 15-49 years who drink alcohol about once a week out of a total population (men and women) who drink alcohol, Assam women scored 44.8 percent and men scored 51.9 percent.

Meanwhile, in the 15-54 age group for women, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, and Karnataka recorded the lowest alcohol consumption with 0.1 percent.In the same category for women, Jammu & Kashmir occupies the second position with 23 percent of women found to be consuming alcohol.

In the 15-49 age group, with 59 percent, men from Arunachal Pradesh were found to be the highest consumer of alcohol in the country.

The HFWS report further revealed that the percentage of the population of men and women in the 15-49 years who drink alcohol about once a week was found to be 45.2 percent and 55.1 percent respectively for women and men of Arunachal Pradesh.

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