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This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of life‐time abstainers, former drinkers and current drinkers, adult per‐capita consumption of alcohol and pattern of drinking scores, by country and Global Burden of Disease region for 2005, and to forecast these indicators for 2010.

Statistical modelling based on survey data and routine statistics.

A total of 241 countries and territories.

Per‐capita consumption data were obtained with the help of the World Health Organization's Global Information System on Alcohol and Health. Drinking status data were obtained from Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study, the STEPwise approach to Surveillance study, the World Health Survey/Multi‐Country Study and other surveys. Consumption and drinking status data were triangulated to estimate alcohol consumption across multiple categories.

In 2005 …