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Table 1 Proportion of respondents who believe (a) health condition ‘can result from drinking too much alcohol’; (b) risk of specific cancer type is increased by drinking alcohol

From: Public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer in England in 2015: a population-based survey

(a) General health condition

Believe health condition can result from drinking too much alcohol (N = 2100)

 

Yes (%)

No (%)

Don’t know (%)

Alcohol-related conditions

 Liver disease

94.6

2.4

3.0

 Being overweight or obese

83.8

7.4

8.7

 Heart disease

73.3

10.0

16.7

 Diabetes

58.5

15.9

25.6

 High cholesterol

52.1

19.7

28.1

 Cancer

46.9

24.1

29.0

Condition not related to alcohol

 Arthritis

14.3

46.2

39.5

(b) Specific cancer type

Believe risk of specific cancer type is increased by drinking alcohol (N = 2100)

 

Yes (%)

No (%)

Don’t know (%)

Alcohol-related cancers

 Liver

80.0

5.8

14.2

 Colon and rectal

38.5

23.0

38.5

 Breast

17.8

38.7

43.5

 Mouth and throat

48.1

19.5

32.4

Cancer potentially related to alcohol

 Stomach

57.1

13.6

29.3

Cancers not related to alcohol

 Bladder

54.3

15.0

30.7

 Brain

31.8

27.2

41.1

 Ovarian

16.5

38.0

45.5