Name: Brazil: excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages 2013-2018, by gender
Creator: Statista

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Respondents were asked whether they had consumed a certain amount of alcoholic beverages (an intake of four or more doses of alcoholic drinks for women, and five or more doses for men) on a single occasion during the last 30 days. The share of male respondents who claimed to have drunk such amount of alcoholic beverages on a single occasion in the previous month in Brazil amounted to 26 percent in 2018. This figure was higher than the share of female respondants who claimed to have drunk such amount of alcoholic beverages, which reached only 11 percent in 2018.

Share of population who drank a large amount of alcoholic beverages in Brazil from 2013 to 2018, by gender

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Release date

July 2019

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Region

Brazil, Central and South America

Survey time period

2013 to 2018

Number of respondents

52,395 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

during the last 30 days

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Data prior to 2018 were retrieved from earlier releases of the publication.
Respondents were asked whether they had consumed a certain amount of alcoholic beverages (an intake of four or more doses of alcoholic drinks for women, and five or more doses for men) on a single occasion during the last 30 days.
The phrasing of the question chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the original.
The survey was carried out in the capital city of each of the 26 Brazilian states, plus the Federal District of Brasília.
More information about this study's methodology can be found on pages 16 to 25.