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British girls are the worst teenage binge drinkers in the western world, a report has revealed.
Some 50% of 15-year-olds have been drunk at least twice - almost double the 29% average of other developed countries, figures show.
Girls also drink more alcohol in the UK than their male counterparts, with only 44% of 15-year-old boys admitting being intoxicated on two or more occasions.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) figures were published in a new report called 'Through the Looking Glass'.
They revealed that between 1998 and 2008, the proportion of girls who binge-drank - defined as consuming more than six drinks per session - increased from 17% to 27%.
The shocking statistics follow a Sky News report in October revealing how underage binge drinking is costing ambulance services in England £19m a year, according to Alcohol Concern.
At the time, Brian Hayes, a paramedics team leader from London Ambulance Service, said: "Teenage binge drinking is a massive burden.
"We need to be concentrating on life threatening calls like heart attacks and road traffic accidents, not being called out because people have just over-indulged."
As part of the latest teen alcohol consumption report, which sets out recommendations for a youth policy to empower young women, the think tank Demos conducted its own poll of 500 British females aged 16 to 19.
It found that 16% of teenage girls were 'not very happy', while 64% were 'quite happy most of the time' and 17% felt 'very happy'.
Money and whether they would find a boyfriend proved to be what they were most anxious about in life.
And more than half (55%) said that their mobile phone was the most important item in their bag.
SKYNEWS
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