The number of women who drink alcohol has been steadily on the rise and those under the age of 35 may now be drinking more than their male peers

Young women are now drinking as much, if not more, alcohol than men, according to a new global study.

The research, conducted over the course of a century, found that the number of women who drink alcohol has been steadily on the rise for the past 60 years and those under the age of 35 may now be drinking more than their male peers.

Historically men have been more likely to drink alcohol and to drink it in quantities that damaged their health, but researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia found evidence to suggest that the gap was narrowing.

The results pooled data from across 68 separate studies looking into three categories of alcohol consumption: any use, problematic use and use