Indian Alcohol Consumer Have High Risk And Mortality Than Other Rich Countries

Indian Alcohol Consumer Have High Risk And Mortality Than Other Rich Countries

World wide 89 percents of peoples consuming liquor and wine.  But counties(low income counties) like India have only 3 percent.  Higher income countries have 61% of alcohol consumer.

Using alcohol causes 4 persent of global burden of disease.presently it increaseing by risk toward cancer, cardiovascular disease and injury in people of low income countries such as India , Zimbabwe and lower middle income countries such as Colombia and China , etc.

Still last year, imapact of alcohol consumption on health have been restrcted to middle income and high income contries. But first time, september 17th 2015 the journal The Lancet have published that all income level peoples impact on alcohoal consumer.

'Our study did not look at the association between alcohol and one disease but at the overall effect of alcohol,' said a co-author of the paper Dr. Rajesh Kumar, the Chandigarh based Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).

The major imapct to the people living in lower income contries compare with peoples living in higher income countries was seen despite the fact that more than 80 % of consumer in higher income countries and just less than 10 % in lower income countries.

Reason 1 : Wine Vs Other Drinks

In higher income countries, they consume wine and beer with 89% when compare to other drinks(Rum,Brandy).But in lower income countries have only 3% consume wine and beer.

People have consumer other than beer and wine have seriously on stroke,mortality, injury, admission to hospital and the composite.

But those consume wine too on resk but in comparitivly lower.

Reason 2 : Young and less educated people

In lower income countries most of the are male, young and less educated peoples.More like to be current smokers, higher blood pressure and lower body mass.

Now there is 24 % reduced in risk of heart attack but increse of cnacer and injury.

The above data are from 12 countries participating in the PURE - Prospective Urban Epidemiological Study and a prospective cohart study on individuals aged 35 to 70 years. This is sensex on 4 to 5 years on 36,030 person from all income levels.