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Men are more likely than women to drink alcohol excessively.

Excessive intake of alcohol contributes to many causes of death and illness, including cirrhosis and cancer of the liver, cancer of mouth, hypertension, stroke and road injuries.

Binge drinking, which means drinking heavily over a short period of time, and is usually defined as the consumption of at least 5 glasses/cans of alcohol on one occasion, is particularly hazardous to health because it may result in acute intoxication.

Pattern of alcohol consumption during the month prior to the survey by gender, Hong Kong SAR, 2009.

	Male	Female
Non-drinker	51.3%	74.2%
Drink less than one day a week	18.7%	16.9%
Drink 1-3 days a week	19.0%	7.2%
Drink 4-6 days a week	3.6%	0.4%
Drink everyday	6.7%	0.8%
Unknown/Missing/Outliers	0.7%	0.5%

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.

Percentage of adults who had binge drinking* during the month prior to the survey by gender, Hong Kong SAR, 2004-2009

Note:* Consumption of at least 5 glasses/cans of alcohol on one occasion

Source: Behavioural Risk Factor Surveys, 2004-2009. Department of Health.



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