Alcohol Consumption and Its Adverse Effects in Poland in Years 1950–2005

Table 10

Variable	Definition	Mean	Std.Dev.	Min	Max	Number
Alcohol consumption	Total per capita (age 15+) ethanol consumption in liters	7.50	1.74	4.18	11.19	56
Beer consumption	Per capita (15+) beer consumption	1.83	0.74	0.79	3.89	56
Spirits consumption	Per capita (15+) spirits consumption	4.52	1.46	2.09	7.92	56
Wine consumption	Per capita (15+) wine consumption	1.15	0.47	0.16	2.16	56
Real alcohol price	CPI alcohol/total CPI	1.04	0.20	0.75	1.59	51
Beer price	CPI beer/CPI	0.22	0.13	0.10	0.88	53
Spirits price	CPI spirits/CPI	2.59	1.67	1.26	9.22	53
Wine price	CPI wine/CPI	1.45	0.86	0.73	6.99	53
Real income	Per capita real yearly income in zloty 1990 = 100%	766.45	285.56	315.70	1371.81	51
Accidents	Motor vehicle traffic accidents per 100,000 population age 15 and older	27.16	8.20	12.29	41.29	50
Liver cirrhosis	Deaths due to liver cirrhosis per 100,000 population age of 20 and older	14.16	3.29	4.98	18.35	47
Suicide rate	Attempted and committed suicides per 100,000 population age of 15 and older	15.13	4.25	4.19	21.66	52
Vandal	Number of vandal accidents per 100,000 population	7.20	3.01	2.40	15.10	36
Population 65+	% Population age of 65 and older	9.59	2.11	5.30	13.30	48
Population 15–20	% Population between 15 and 20	8.40	1.25	6.50	10.70	48
Free market variable	Dummy variable = 1 on and after 1989	0.30	0.46	0.00	1.00	56
Vehicles	Number of vehicles per capita (15+)	4143.04	4526.07	72.60	14644.00	56
BAC01	A dummy variable = 1 for BAC 0.01	0.43	0.50	0.00	1.00	56
Population	Total population in thousands	34117.80	4188.68	25035.00	38660.00	56