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Preview Country Profile on Alcohol
Total Population, 2010
Population 15+ years (in %)
Population in urban areas (in %)
Income Group (World Bank)
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: LEVELS AND PATTERNS
Recorded*
Unrecorded
Total
Total males/females
WHO European Region
*Tourist consumption deducted when at least as many tourists as
inhabitants
Beer
Wine
Spirits
Other
Alcohol per capita (15+) consumption, total, both sexes
Alcohol per capita (15+) consumption, total, males
Alcohol per capita (15+) consumption, total, females
Lifetime abstainers
Former drinkers
Abstainers, past 12 months
Heavy episodic drinkers (15+), both sexes
Heavy episodic drinkers (15+), males
Heavy episodic drinkers (15+), females
*Had at least 60 grams or more of pure alcohol on at least one
occasion in the past 30 days
Least Risky (1) to Most Risky (5) 4
49.4 67.6
17.1 28.4
Patterns of drinking score, 2010
Prevalence of heavy episodic drinking*, 2010 (in %)
Population Drinkers only32.2 48.6
18.6 17.4 18.0
26.9 39.7 33.7
Males Females Both sexes
8.2 22.3 15.7
Drinkers only, 2010 (in litres of pure alcohol)
25.4
35.4
14.8
Abstainers (15+ years), 2010 (in %)
5.1
64.5
0.0
Recorded alcohol per capita (15+) consumption: Time series graph
(please see below)
11.9 10.7
Recorded alcohol per capita (15+) consumption by type of
alcoholic beverage (in % of pure alcohol),
2010
30.4
13.8 16.8
25.9 8.9
3.8 6.3
10.0 10.5
Alcohol per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure
alcohol)
Average
2003-2005
Average
2008-2010Change
Republic of Moldova
(the)
3,573,000
83
47
Lower middle income
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HEALTH CONSEQUENCES: MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
Liver cirrhosis, males/females
Road traffic accidents, males/females
Least (1) to Most (5)
Males
Females
Both sexes
WHO European Region
*including alcohol dependence; **12-month prevalence estimates,
15+ years
POLICIES AND INTERVENTIONS, 2012
Written national policy (adopted/revised) / national action plan
forimplementation
Excise tax on beer / wine / spirits
National legal minimum age for off-premise sales of
alcoholic
beverages (selling) (beer / wine / spirits)
National legal minimum age for on-premise sales of alcoholic
beverages (serving) (beer / wine / spirits)
Restrictions for on-/off-premise sales of alcoholic
beverages
hours, days / places, density
specific events / intoxicated persons / petrol stations
National maximum legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
when
driving a vehicle (general / young / professional), in %
Legally binding regulations on alcohol advertising / product
placement
Legallybindingregulationsonalcoholsponsorship/sales
promotion
Legally required health warning labels on alcohol advertisement
/
containers
National government support for community action
National monitoring system(s)
Data source for graph:
No/Yes
Yes/No
Yes
Yes
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) 1990-2002;
Statistical Yearbook of Moldova 2000-2010
18/18/18
Yes,No/Yes,No
Yes/Yes/No
0.03/0.03/0.03
Yes/Yes
Yes (2007/2012)/Yes
Yes/Yes/Yes
18/18/18
2.2 1.4
5.9 3.3
8.4 4.1
Prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUD*) and alcohol
dependence (AD), 2010 (in %)**
AUD AD
10.3 5.5
Years of life lost (YLL) score, 2010: To be cleared and provided
by WHO central statistical unit
Age-standardized death rates (ASDR) per 100,000 population and
Alcohol-attributable fractions
(AAF) in %, 2010: To be cleared and provided by WHO central
statistical unit
ASDR AAF
