Kirov Oblast has made it into the top five most alcohol-consuming regions.

Kirov Oblast has made it into the top five most alcohol-consuming regions.

      Kirov Oblast ranked fourth in a ranking of Russian regions by alcoholism incidence rate according to the results for 2024. The rate was 161.5 cases per 100,000 population. The situation was worse only in Chukotka (247.8), the Republic of Mari El (222.6) and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (197.5). Arkhangelsk Oblast (134.2) also made the bottom five. For comparison, the lowest figures were recorded in Leningrad Oblast (13.7), Moscow (15.9) and Saint Petersburg (22.6), reports the newspaper Kommersant.

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Kirov Oblast has made it into the top five most alcohol-consuming regions.

The region ranked fourth in terms of alcoholism incidence.