In 2016, Rospotrebnadzor recorded an increased level of acute alcohol poisoning with a fatal outcome in 11 regions of Russia. The indicator was more than 16.8 cases per 100 thousand population, according to Izvestia.

To the group with the largest alcoholic death rate last year, Rospotrebnadzor included 11 regions: the Transbaikal Region, Magadan, Kemerovo, Omsk, Samara, Ryazan, Kursk Regions, Buryatia, Tyva, Chuvashia and the Komi Republic.

Most often, residents of these regions are poisoned with quality alcohol. 85% of deaths are poisoning with ethanol, unspecified alcohol (technical alcohol, cologne, windshield wiper, brake fluid, antifreeze, ethylene glycol and other surrogates) - 6.3% of cases. Methanol dispatch accounts for 6.6% of cases..

The excess of the average number of deadly alcoholic poisonings throughout the country in 1,5-2 times Rospotrebnadzor recorded in the Penza, Ulyanovsk, Astrakhan, Novosibirsk regions and the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

The indicator above the national average in 1,1-1,5 times was in the Moscow, Tula, Lipetsk, Kirov, Arkhangelsk regions, Udmurtia and Bashkortostan. In total, the excess of the average alcohol poisoning rate in 2016 was in 44 subjects of the Russian Federation. In the Sverdlovsk region, the indicator is below the average.

The edition notes that for poisoning with a lethal outcome it is enough to drink 300 grams of vodka for 20 minutes on an empty stomach.