Chukotka took the first place in the incidence of alcoholism in Russia

The rating of Russian regions on the incidence of alcoholism by the end of 2024 was topped by the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. This was reported on September 13 by RIA Novosti, citing data from the Ministry of Health.

Thus, in 2024, Chukotka recorded the highest incidence of alcoholism and alcoholic psychosis in the country — 247.8 per 100,000 population.

It is specified that the Republic of Mari El took the second place in the rating with an indicator of 222.6. The third was the Jewish Autonomous Region, where the incidence was 197.5. Completing the top five are the Kirov Region (161.5) and the Arkhangelsk Region (134.2), the agency cites data from the Ministry of Health.

The Leningrad region demonstrates the lowest level of detected alcoholism per 100,000 population – 13.7 cases. In Moscow, this figure is 15.9, and in St. Petersburg - 22.6. The Moscow region was in eighth place from the end, according to a study by the Ministry of Health.

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Nutritionist Natalia Pavlyuk said on August 5 that alcohol not only destroys the body, but also contains a large number of calories. According to her, dry wine can be considered the safest among alcoholic beverages. The expert noted that dry wine has less sugar and calories than other alcoholic beverages. In addition, it contains antioxidants, in particular resveratrol. Nevertheless, Pavlyuk, in an interview with Radio 1, stressed that from the point of view of health, it is better to completely abandon alcohol consumption, since it does not bring benefits.

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