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Culture Stats: compare key data on Ireland & United States

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STAT Ireland United States HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 14.41
Ranked 14th. 53% more than United States
9.44
Ranked 57th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 479 million L
Ranked 25th.
24.14 billion L
Ranked 2nd. 50 times more than Ireland
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date May 9, 1977 May 15, 1940
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Grafton Street , Dublin San Bernardino , California
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin, see McDonald's Ireland See McDonalds Annual Report
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,971
Ranked 20th. 1% more than United States
1,952
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 247.17 kg
Ranked 18th.
253.8 kg
Ranked 16th. 3% more than Ireland
Happy Planet Index 42.6
Ranked 79th. 39% more than United States
30.7
Ranked 114th.

Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal for personal use. Illegal with intent to sell or if sold for profit. Legal in all states. Individual states remain free to restrict or prohibit the manufacture of beer, mead, hard cider, wine and other fermented alcoholic beverages at home. Until 2013, Alabama and Mississippi were the only states with laws prohibiting the homebrewing of beer. Alabama and Mississippi both legalized home brewing in their respective 2013 legislative sessions. Although all state governments have legalized homebrewing, some states retain local options that permit local governments to make homebrewing illegal under municipal law. Alaska in one such state where the local option is currently exercised.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All / No federal protections. Varying protections in 21 states. Included in the federal hate crimes law since 2009. See Matthew Shepard Act
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1993 UN decl. sign. Legal nationwide since 2003. UN decl. sign. See Lawrence v. Texas
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Single gay persons may adopt. Step Child adoption under consideration. / Single gay persons may adopt, laws on couples vary by state
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed) / Varies by state, recognized by federal gov't . (Legal in California , Connecticut , Delaware , Hawaii , Illinois , Iowa , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Rhode Island , Vermont , Washington , Eight Native American Tribal Jurisdictions and the District of Columbia ; recognized in Oregon and Kentucky )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,006
Ranked 53th.
1,028
Ranked 51st. 2% more than Ireland
World Heritage Sites 2
Ranked 94th.
8
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Ireland
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First opened in Phibsborough shopping centre. 40 restaurants as of 2013. Major franchisees include MBCC Foods and Herbel Restaurants (Ireland) Ltd First franchise in Salt Lake City , Utah in 1952
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Unrestricted (some states, including New York and Vermont, have considered bills to make the practice illegal)
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 7.04
Ranked 4th. 57% more than United States
4.47
Ranked 23th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 13.69
Ranked 2nd. 59% more than United States
8.61
Ranked 33th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 1
Ranked 114th. The same as United States
1
Ranked 100th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.51
Ranked 47th.
2.65
Ranked 42nd. 6% more than Ireland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 2.75
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than United States
1.36
Ranked 48th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 1.09
Ranked 22nd.
0.0
Ranked 128th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 13.39
Ranked 4th. 59% more than United States
8.44
Ranked 43th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 10 g
Ranked 10th.
14 g
Ranked 3rd. 40% more than Ireland
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. Restricted to licensed premises only since 1 July 2009. Vending machines are operated by a token or card obtained from the bar once the age of the buyer has been identified. url= http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-03-19/pdf/2010-6087.pdf|title= Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents|author= |date= 19 March 2011

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country in 2012, Kirin Holdings Company. Table 3.; Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Europe); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); World Health Organization. Source tables; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Wikipedia: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.); Wikipedia: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .)

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