The people of Delhi earn more, drink more and die more on its streets, the latest Delhi Statistical Handbook of 2007 reveals according to the Indian Express. The sale of alcohol has seen a steady rise: from 74,703 bottles of foreign liquor and wine in 2005-2006 to 77,582 bottles in 2006-7. Bottles of Indian beer sold in Delhi in 2006-2007 were 80,801. In 2004-2005, that figure was 57,926.