Average annual alcohol consumption of Slovaks over 14 at 11.1 litres

The average annual consumption of pure alcohol among people older than 14 (including teetotallers) in Slovakia is 11.1 litres, which is 1.3 litres above the European average, Bratislava-based Comenius University spokesperson Lenka Miller has told TASR in connection with long-term research on the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption carried out by experts from the university's Forensic Medicine Institute in Martin (Zilina region). Men in Slovakia die of excessive alcohol consumption much more often than women, with the ratio at 7.5 to 1.