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Table 2. Indicators of the Drinking Behavior of 15–Year–Olds Participating in the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs (ESPAD)
Country	Percentage of 15–year–olds who:
Country	Are drinkers	Binged 3 or more times in past 30 days*	Drank beer at least 3 times in past month*	Drank wine at least 3 times in past month*	Drank spirits at least 3 times in past month*	Consumption on the last occasion (in centiliters of pure ethanol)*	Average frequency of drinking in past 12 months*
Bulgaria	82	13	33	17	27	6	10
Croatia	73	16	32	19	21	11	12
Cyprus	79	15	34	10	30	7	13
Czech Republic	94	18	43	19	30	9	20
Denmark	96	31	55	14	42	12	28
Estonia	89	16	28	15	9	8	12
Faroe Islands	75	20	33	7	31	13	15
Finland	86	21	20	6	10	14	13
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	57	16	28	21	25	11	9
France	77	16	32	16	30	9	12\
Greece	94	10	37	18	31	6	19
Greenland	81	31	56	6	26	12	11
Hungary	80	15	15	16	24	7	9
Iceland	69	25	25	6	19	16	10
Ireland	89	35	39	9	38	17	24
Italy	75	n/a	41	25	20	7	12\
Latvia	88	16	34	15	14	7	11
Lithuania	91	10	31	16	11	8	12
Norway	78	31	22	8	26	13	12
Poland	82	38	34	10	11	10	15
Portugal	74	8	24	5	27	10	11
Romania	79	6	25	18	8	6	11
Russia (Moscow)	87	18	46	11	16	9	16
Slovak Republic	90	9	23	22	22	8	13
Slovenia	83	30	33	27	27	10	13
Sweden	83	20	25	10	24	12	12
Ukraine	81	12	27	20	21	7	10
United Kingdom	91	33	41	18	35	16	22

* Recalculated based on percentages of current drinkers, by G. Gmel.

NOTE: The ESPAD survey included 15–year–old male and female students.
SOURCE: Hibell et al. 2000.

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