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As per the National Family Health Survey-5, the level of alcohol consumption among men is 30-40 percent in parts of Chhattisgarh
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One of the distinctive features of Tripura's tribal communities is their consumption of local alcohol. Local alcohol is a type of alcohol that is brewed using traditional methods and is often consumed during social and religious events
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Using the official figures of alcohol sales, the mean consumption per drinker per year was estimated as 10.00 litres of absolute alcohol. Applying the lederman equation, and plotting the log normal curve we find the estimated percentage of persons consuming in excess of 15 cl. daily is 2.17 %
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Arunachal Pradesh has the highest proportion of both men (53%) and women (24%) who drink alcohol.
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Interestingly, a higher percentage of women in rural areas consume alcohol against the urban, but in case of men, the trend is opposite, as about 49.4 per cent men from urban areas consume alcohol, as against 37 per cent in rural areas
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