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Table 2 Alcohol-related harm (method 1) among females, 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

1,938

17,365.7

  

2

Cerebrovascular disease

1,007

9,866.2

  

3

Lung, bronchus, trachea cancers

600

9,340.2

  

4

Breast Cancer

383

7,653.7

9%

689

5

Hypertensive heart disease

518

5,603.2

21%

1,177

6

Alzheimer, other dementias

793

4,726.1

  

7

Drug overdose, unintentional

112

4,482.0

17%

762

8

Lower respiratory infections

511

4,029.2

  

9

Chronic obstructive pulmon. dis.

356

3,850.7

  

10

Colon, rectum cancers

279

3,568.2

  

11

Diabetes mellitus

244

3,088.7

  

12

Self-inflicted injuries

84

3,088.7

10%

309

13

Pancreas cancer

199

3,019.9

  

14

Ovarian cancer

139

2,639.1

  

15

Road traffic accidents

68

2,541.5

16%

407

Other alcohol-attributable causes:

    
 

Cirrhosis of the liver

 

2,527.2

46%

1,163

 

Liver cancer

 

2,031.5

27%

549

 

Alcohol use disorders

 

1,393.3

100%

1,393

 

Violence

 

1,350.6

27%

365

 

Falls

 

1,165.4

8%

93

 

Other neoplasms

 

1,099.3

7%

77

 

Low birthweight

 

742.5

2%

15

 

Mouth and oropharynx cancers

 

668.0

27%

180

 

Esophageal cancer

 

422.6

36%

152

 

Drownings

 

334.3

18%

60

 

Epilepsy

 

226.8

35%

79

 

Unipolar depressive disorders

 

38.9

2%

1

All YLLs for SF females

 

147,542.1

  

Alcohol-attributable YLLs

   

7,470

% of YLLs attributable to alcohol

   

5.1%

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