Up in Smoke - Fun with statistics Part 2
Last week, I broke down a couple consumption numbers provided by Korea's National Statistics Office. At the time things seemingly worked out, however at the time I noted it was illustrative to check statistics in Korea with other statistics. A recent Chosun Ilbo piece proves this point. One statistic stands out:Now as I calculated last week, based on consumption the figure higher was at about 10. I guess one could quibble the distinction between "buying" and "smoking", however one could also quibble there was a mistranslation.
It could also be argued the NSO and myself have a different interpretation of "adult". In my breakdown "adult" was "male adult smokers". If the NSO means "male adults", we could be in agreement (male smoking rates are about 55%). However if the NSO means "male and female adults" a discrepancy would still arise.
With this in mind, I do not know how to react to this statistic:
OK what is meant by "person"? All Koreans including children? If it were, after taking them out we are at a number well beyond 73.1 bottles (103.5 actually). Either way, rounding up that is two bottles a week for the average adult. Does that seem right to you? If not, you might want to look at this Korea Times article about whiskey consumption being up.
Anyway I recommend reading all the articles for some insight into consumption here.
posted by Dram Man @ 6:13 AM
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