ALCOHOL SITUATION IN BELARUS IN 2000-2005
In present work we focused on the analysis of trends in the level of alcohol sale per capita, indicators of alcoholism, and alcohol related mortality rates in Belarus in 2000-2005. In the period under analysis it was observed increase in the level of alcohol sale per capita, total mortality rate, mortality due to accidents and injuries, fatal alcohol poisoning rate, and mortality rate due to liver cirrhosis. At the same period, the level of morbidity of alcohol psychoses has decreased. The results of present study suggest that alcohol situation in Belarus in 2000-2005 has deteriorated substantially.