Table 2 Consumption of spirits, wine and beer per capita 15 years and over. Litres

Statistics on alcohol sales

2	Consumption of spirits, wine and beer per capita 15 years and over. Litres

	Pure alcohol, total	Spirits		Wine		Beer		Alco pops

	Pure alcohol, total	As sold	Pure alcohol	As sold	Pure alcohol	As sold	Pure alcohol	As sold	Pure alcohol

1990	4.99	3.03	1.24	7.93	0.95	64.61	2.81
1991	4.90	2.74	1.12	7.98	0.93	65.41	2.85
1992	4.67	2.45	1.00	7.84	0.91	62.78	2.76
1993	4.55	2.38	0.96	7.84	0.92	61.50	2.67
1994	4.74	2.49	1.00	8.40	0.99	63.65	2.75
1995	4.79	2.50	1.00	8.78	1.04	63.49	2.75
1996	5.04	2.56	1.02	9.42	1.12	65.38	2.88	0.43	0.02
1997	5.28	2.71	1.01	10.75	1.28	67.19	2.95	0.81	0.04
1998¹	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
1999	5.45	2.66	1.05	12.59	1.49	64.68	2.84	1.19	0.06
2000	5.59	2.67	1.05	13.61	1.62	64.92	2.93	1.48	0.07
2001	5.49	2.54	1.00	13.49	1.60	63.80	2.82	1.54	0.07
2002	5.89	2.83	1.12	15.19	1.81	65.34	2.89	1.63	0.07
2002
1. quarter	1.25	0.59	0.23	3.20	0.38	14.15	0.63	0.33	0.01
2. quarter	1.51	0.61	0.24	3.79	0.45	18.18	0.80	0.47	0.02
3. quarter	1.44	0.59	0.23	3.58	0.43	17.37	0.77	0.42	0.02
4. quarter	1.68	1.04	0.41	4.61	0.55	15.65	0.69	0.41	0.02
2003
1. quarter	1.28	0.63	0.25	3.30	0.39	12.83	0.57	1.50	0.07
2. quarterl	1.54	0.69	0.27	3.92	0.47	16.84	0.74	1.30	0.06

¹	Figures not available.

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