Alcohol and related health issues in China: action needed Heng Jiang, Robin Room, Wei Hao The Lancet Global Health Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages e190-e191 (April 2015) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70017-3 Copyright © 2015 Jiang et al. Open access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Trends in recorded alcohol consumption (age ≥15 years) in China and 13 other countries, 1973–2010 These figures do not include unrecorded consumption (ie, alcohol that is not taxed and is outside the usual system of governmental control); in 2010, unrecorded per capita alcohol consumption was 1·7 L per year in China, compared with 0·5–1·8 L per year in the UK, the USA, and Australia.4 The Lancet Global Health 2015 3, e190-e191DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70017-3) Copyright © 2015 Jiang et al. Open access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions