Alcohol & Health

4,201 deaths per 100,000 population (from alcohol attributable liver cirrhosis, road traffic injuries and cancer)

Source: World Health Organization (2018) Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health - Sri Lanka Fact Sheet.

Alcohol Related Deaths
Alcohol related death rank is 1.40 for Sri Lanka.Source: World Health Rankings: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/alcohol/by-country/

 

Alcohol Consumption

Recorded Per Capita consumption 2.7 Liters, Recorded Per Capita consumption among male 18.9 Liters

Source: World Health Organization (2018) Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health - Sri Lanka Fact Sheet.

Status of Alcohol Use Among Males
A majority from the current sample were lifetime abstainers. The least proportion of the sample had not consumed alcohol for the last 30 days.

 

Source: ADIC Trend Survey 2019

 

Status of Alcohol Consumption by District

ANR – Anuradhapura, BDL – Badulla, CMB – Colombo, GMP – Gampaha, JFN – Jaffna, KGL – Kegalle, KRN- Kurunegala, MTR – Matara, MLT – Mullaitivu, NWR – Nuwara Eliya, TRN – Trincomalee

Source: ADIC Trend Survey 2019

 

Trends of Alcohol Use by Frequency

Source: ADIC Trend Survey 2019

 

Alcohol Consumption by Type

*One respondent may consume multiple types of alcohol.

Source: ADIC Trend Survey 2019

 

Comparison of Alcohol Consumption with Previous Years

Source: ADIC Trend Survey 2019, 2018, 2017

 

Government Tax Revenue

Alcohol tax revenue against total tax revenue

Source – Movendi International

 

Liquor Licenses Issued from 2006 to 2018

Source: Excise report 2018

 

Alcohol is an Obstacle to 14 of 17 SDGS

Source: Movendi International

 

World situation

https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/en/

 

Related Websites & Reports

National Authority on Alcohol and Tobacco: https://www.nata.gov.lk/web/index.php/downloads

Excise Department of Sri Lanka: https://www.parliament.lk/uploads/documents/paperspresented/performance-report-excise-department-2018.pdf

National Dangerous Drug Control Board: http://www.nddcb.gov.lk/publication.html

National alcohol use prevalence survey in Sri Lanka: https://jpgim.sljol.info/articles/abstract/10.4038/jpgim.7858/

National Center for Biotechnology Information: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5991751/

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets/alcohol-facts-and-statistics

The Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61486-X/fulltext

MOVENDI International: https://movendi.ngo/the-issues/advocacy/obstacle-to-development/

World Health Ranking: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/alcohol/by-country/