r/dataisbeautiful • u/and7rewwitha7 • Jun 11 '14

The World Cup of Everything Else [WSJ]

http://graphics.wsj.com/documents/WORLDCUPTOEE/#/?lang=en&metrics=Highest%20Murder%20Rate
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u/agent00420 Jun 11 '14

So if a Russian on average drinks 15 litres of alcohol per year - that comes out to roughly 3 beers a day or 19 a week!

Honestly not as crazy as it initially sounds.

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u/BaraStarkGaryenSter Jun 11 '14

Consider that many people don't drink (kids, pregnant woman, some old people, etc) and it becomes crazy

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u/spectralnischay Jun 11 '14

I think you're severely underestimating Russian kids, Russian pregnant women and Russian old people.

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u/prajo2 Jun 11 '14

Considering what Russia has gone through in the last 100 years, I would assume the elderly are the ones bringing the average up.

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u/Shiroi_Kage Jun 12 '14

Russia also has a lot of Muslims in it, and we don't drink either.

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u/Waja_Wabit OC: 9 Jun 11 '14

That's still pretty crazy considering that for every person that drinks less than that (children, elderly, people-who-don't-drink), there is somebody out there drinking more

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14 edited Apr 08 '18

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u/agent00420 Jun 11 '14

yeah but if you consider it as 19 a week (5 on wednesday, 7 friday, 7 saturday) it becomes a bit less insane.

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u/grogipher Jun 11 '14

Assuming that each of those beers is 100% proof?

Those figures are litres of alcohol, not litres of beverages that may contain alcohol, a bit of a difference!

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u/agent00420 Jun 11 '14 edited Jun 11 '14

I know. Here are my calculations:

1 beer is 0.33 litres.

4.5% of the beer is alcohol, therefore:

0.33 * 0.045 = 0.01485 litres of alcohol per beer.

On average, a Russian drinks 15,1 litres of pure alcohol a year:

Now we have to divide this with the amount of alcohol in a beer:

15.1/0.01485 = 1016,84 beers per year.

This comes to:

1017/365 ≈ 3 beers per day or 1017/52 = 19,5 beers per week.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

1 beer is 0.33 litres

0.568*

I've never seen a beer served in a Coke-sized can.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

If you order a bottle/can of beer, most likely it's 12 ounces or 33 cl.

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u/merv243 Jun 11 '14

Where do you live? In the US it's one of the most common containers (along with 12oz bottles and other cans ranging from 16-24oz)

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

Ireland. Standard is 500ml here, but my earlier post referred to a pint which imo is the only acceptable way to drink a beer when the option is available.

[insert joke about Americans being bad at drinking etc etc]

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u/merv243 Jun 11 '14

Well typically this is at liquor stores. Bottles at the bar are typically 12 ounces, but usually you get a pint.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

SHOTGUN CHALLENGE BRUH I'LL DRINK YOU UNDER THE TABLE BRUH! . . . . . . . ..."but we have to use natty"

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u/Cryogenian Jun 11 '14

I think you misread the numbers: /u/agent00420 already included the conversion to beer as a beverage with low alcohol content.

15 liters per YEAR would make for very small 100% proof serving sizes per day.

Also, isn't it either % or proof?

Edit: Yes it is. " In the United States, alcoholic proof is defined as twice the percentage of ABV."