OECD: Number of Czech 15-year-olds who have tried alcohol up sharply

There has been a marked increase in the percentage of Czech 15-year-olds who have tried alcohol, according to a freshly published international report from the OECD. While in 2002 the figure stood at 70 percent, in 2012 it had risen to 94 percent. The Czech Republic had the worst record in this respect of the 36 states surveyed in the report. The average Czech consumed 11.6 litres of pure alcohol in 2012, compared to an OECD average of 9.1 litres.

Author: Ian Willoughby