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Prevalence of alcohol use disorders worldwide in 2016, by WHO region
This statistic depicts the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (harmful use and alcohol dependence) among people aged 15 years and older globally in 2016, by WHO region. According to the data, among persons in the region of the Americas 4.1 percent suffered from harmful use of alcohol at that time.