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Alcohol consumption > 1960	7.8 litres per capita		[10th of 24]
Alcohol consumption > 1970	9.5 litres per capita		[14th of 26]
Alcohol consumption > 1980	10.5 litres per capita		[19th of 29]
Alcohol consumption > 1990	9.3 litres per capita		[21st of 30]
Alcohol consumption > 2000	8.3 litres per capita		[23rd of 30]
Alcohol consumption > Current	8.3 litres per capita		[20th of 30]
Beer consumption	85 litres		[8th of 18]
beverages and tobacco > % of value added in manufacturing	12.09 %		[61st of 103]
Bottled water consumption	46.8 litres		[7th of 18]
Coffee consumption	3 kgs		[12th of 18]
exports > % of merchandise exports	6.85 %		[73rd of 156]
Fruit juice consumption	42.8 litres		[2nd of 18]
imports > % of merchandise imports	4.21 %		[105th of 155]
McDonalds restaurants	12,804 McDonald's restaurants		[1st of 39]
Pork consumption per capita	62.8		[12th of 18]
Soft drink consumption	216 litres		[1st of 18]
Subway resturants	19,467		[1st of 82]
Tea consumption	0.2 kgs		[16th of 18]
Total spirit consumption	4.8 litres		[6th of 18]
Wine consumption	7 litres		[18th of 18]

Interesting facts on American Food

• The United States has the world\'s highest number of McDonald’s restaurants per capita. Americans also die of obesity more often than any other nation, with more deaths than Mexico, Germany, Spain, Austria and Canada combined.
• Americans consume the sixth-most spirits, the eighth-most beer and the 18th-most wine. They’re also likely to view heavy drinkers as undesirable neighbors.

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