Excessive consumption of alcohol in Brazil by age

Brazilian 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. In 2019, more than 26 percent of respondents aged between 25 and 34 years claimed to have drunk such amount of alcoholic beverages on a single occasion in the previous month.

Share of population who drank a large amount of alcoholic beverages in Brazil in 2019, by age group

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Release date

April 2020

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Region

Brazil, Central and South America

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

52,443 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

in the last 30 days

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

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 in pages 15

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