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Table 1 Number of cancer-specific deaths attributable to alcohol consumption

From: Alcohol-attributable burden of cancer in Argentina

 

MEN

WOMEN

 

All alcohol consumption

0.1 – 12.5 g/day (light)

12.6 – 50 g/day (moderate)

 > 50 g/day (heavy)

All alcohol consumption

0.1 – 12.5 g/day (light)

12.6 – 50 g/day (moderate)

 > 50 g/day (heavy)

 

N

PAF

N

PAF

N

PAF

N

PAF

N

PAF

N

PAF

N

PAF

N

PAF

All selected cancer types

1166

16%

167

2%

573

8%

426

6%

221

2%

63

0.6%

139

1%

19

0.2%

Oral cavity and pharynx

236

40%

39

7%

103

17%

95

16%

14

5%

0

0%

12

4%

3

1%

Breast cancer

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

155

3%

63

1%

84

1%

8

0.1%

Esophageal cancer

533

46%

128

11%

242

21%

164

14%

46

8%

0

0%

40

7%

8

1%

Colorectal cancer

260

7%

0

0%

168

4%

92

2%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

Liver cancer

29

3%

0

0%

0

0%

29

3%

4

0.5%

0

0%

0

0%

4

0.5%

Larynx cancer

109

17%

0

0%

62

10%

47

7%

4

3%

0

0%

4

3%

0

0%

  1. Number of alcohol-attributable deaths for each type of cancer, stratified by sex and alcohol consumption category. The denominator for the population attributable fraction is the total number of deaths due to that specific type of cancer. E.g., 7% of all deaths due to colorectal cancer in men can be attributed to alcohol consumption
  2. PAF, population attributable fraction