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Culture Stats: compare key data on Austria & United States

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STAT Austria United States HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.24
Ranked 21st. 40% more than United States
9.44
Ranked 57th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 888 million L
Ranked 20th.
24.14 billion L
Ranked 2nd. 27 times more than Austria
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 19.9 kg
Ranked 8th. 32% more than United States
15.1 kg
Ranked 14th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date July 21, 1977 May 15, 1940
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Schwarzenbergplatz , Vienna San Bernardino , California
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes see McDonald's Austria See McDonalds Annual Report
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 2,005
Ranked 8th. 3% more than United States
1,952
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 235.11 kg
Ranked 23th.
253.8 kg
Ranked 16th. 8% more than Austria
Happy Planet Index 47.1
Ranked 48th. 53% more than United States
30.7
Ranked 114th.

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some / 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 1971 UN decl. sign. Legal nationwide since 2003. UN decl. sign. See Lawrence v. Texas
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Biological step-child adoption only / Single gay persons may adopt, laws on couples vary by state
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No / 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 1,650
Ranked 22nd. 61% more than United States
1,028
Ranked 51st.
World Heritage Sites 9
Ranked 19th. 13% more than United States
8
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First entered the country in 1970 but withdrew. Returned in 2005 with a store in Vienna . 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 6.7
Ranked 6th. 50% more than United States
4.47
Ranked 23th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.08
Ranked 15th. 29% more than United States
8.61
Ranked 33th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 0.64
Ranked 124th.
1
Ranked 100th. 56% more than Austria
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.6
Ranked 72nd.
2.65
Ranked 42nd. 66% more than Austria
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 4.1
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than United States
1.36
Ranked 48th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.4
Ranked 39th.
0.0
Ranked 128th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 12.6
Ranked 7th. 49% more than United States
8.44
Ranked 43th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 6 g
Ranked 17th.
14 g
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Austria
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 16s. Machines must attempt to verify a customer's age by requiring the insertion of a debit card or mobile phone verification. 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: Cheese (Total cheese consumption per capita per year) ("Total and Retail Cheese Consumption – Kilograms per Capita" . Canadian Dairy Information Centre . Retrieved 2013-05-20 ., , Cidilait, ''Le fromage'', Cheese Consumption Continues to Rise); 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: 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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