Which religion has the highest rate of alcohol consumption?
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The poll indicates that the most alcoholic men and women are Christians. They make up 2.8% and 28.3% of the total. Other religions whose men drink alcohol include buddhism (24.5%), sikhism (23.5%), hinduism (20.3%), and jainism (5.9%). Muslims make up the least percentage (5.2). In terms of castes, women from scheduled tribes (6%) drink more alcohol than women from any other caste or tribe. Alcohol consumption is observed among men belonging to 25.2% Scheduled Castes, 32.7% scheduled tribes, 16.4% Other Backward Classes, and 12.5% Other Castes.
Wealthy or poor, who consumes more alcohol?
The National Family health Survey (NFHS-5) has startlingly shown that the richest people drink the least and the poorest people drink the most. Here, the figure for women is likewise the highest. The lowest 25.6% of males had alcohol consumption. Following this, men who drink alcohol are 12.8% wealthy, 19.3% middle class, 15.9% upper middle class, and 21.2% less impoverished. This percentage is 3.4%, 1.3%, 0.9%, 0.5%, and 0.4% for women, respectively.
How much more alcohol are indian men and women drinking now?
Over 16 crore men in the nation drink alcohol, according to data published in the medical journal Lancet. Over the past thirty years, there has been a rise in the intake of alcohol among indian men and women. Since 1990, there has been a 5.63% increase in alcohol consumption among men aged 40 to 64. Individuals between the ages of 15 and 39 saw a 5.24% increase. Simultaneously, women between the ages of 15 and 39 have consumed 0.08 per cent more alcohol since 1990. Currently, 54 lakh women in this age group drink alcohol. In 2020, 59% of individuals who drank illicit or counterfeit alcohol were between the ages of 15 and 39, according to the Lancet. Men made up 76.7% of these.
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