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Table 1 Alcohol-related harm (method 1) among males, San Francisco 2004-2007

From: Estimating alcohol-related premature mortality in san francisco: use of population-attributable fractions from the global burden of disease study

Rank

Cause

Deaths

YLL

PAF of YLL

YLL attributable to alcohol

1

Ischemic heart disease

2,023

25,604.3

  

2

HIV/AIDS

519

17,570.9

  

3

Violence

255

12,921.9

28%

3,618

4

Lung, bronchus, trachea cancers

813

12,760.4

  

5

Drug overdose, unintentional

357

12,665.7

21%

2,660

6

Self-inflicted injuries

304

10,667.1

15%

1,600

7

Hypertensive heart disease

529

8,685.3

28%

2,432

8

Cerebrovascular disease

682

7,818.0

9%

704

9

Chronic obstructive pulm. dis.

541

6,492.4

  

10

Alcohol use disorders

217

6,251.7

100%

6,252

11

Cirrhosis of the liver

205

5,448.8

60%

3,269

12

Lower respiratory infections

482

4,918.8

  

13

Liver cancer

249

4,747.3

36%

1,709

14

Road traffic accidents

122

4,669.9

35%

1,634

15

Colon, rectum cancers

298

4,486.2

  

Other alcohol attributable causes:

    
 

Falls

 

2,378.2

20%

476

 

Low birthweight

 

1,760.0

2%

35

 

Esophageal cancer

 

1,522.0

44%

670

 

Mouth and oropharynx cancers

 

1,298.4

38%

493

 

Drownings

 

1,128.2

24%

271

 

Other neoplasms

 

870.6

10%

87

 

Epilepsy

 

418.5

49%

205

 

Unipolar depressive disorders

 

0

8%

0

All YLLs for SF males

 

225,369.9

  

Alcohol-attributable YLLs

   

26,115

% of YLLs attributable to alcohol

   

11.6%

  1. YLL (years of life lost) multiplied by PAF (population-attributable fraction) produces YLL attributable to alcohol. These results are for males (all ethnicities). See Additional file 1 for ethnic-specific rankings of causes and PAFs.