Research Article

Beverage-Specific Alcohol Sale and Cardiovascular Mortality in Russia

Table 1

Descriptive statistics, Russia 1970–2005.

MeanStd. Dev.

Total alcohol sales (liters)8.182.03
Vodka sales (liters)4.441.15
Wine sales (liters)2.390.99
Beer sales (liters)1.330.58
CVD mortality rate males
(per 1,000,000)
11714.51462.2
CVD mortality rate females
(per 1,000,000)
7823.3713.2