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TL;DR: incidence of the observed correlated health problem per 100,000 people: - Non-drinkers: 914 - 1 drink/day: 918 - 2 drinks/day: 977 - 5 drinks/day: 12
by alanfranz 6y ago
TL;DR: incidence of the observed correlated health problem per 100,000 people:
- Non-drinkers: 914
- 1 drink/day: 918
- 2 drinks/day: 977
- 5 drinks/day: 1252
Now, it would seem to me that the data is in slight contradiction with the assertion. Unless you're an heavy drinker (5 drinks/day as an average seems quite an high consumption to me. Maybe it can happen 15 days a year during vacation, but I'd consider that kind of usage "addiction" otherwise) your increased chance to develop such disease is quite low.
- mort96 6y agoEven 1252/100000... That means that straight up being an alcoholic elevates your risk from 0.94% to 1.25%. I would never have expected alcoholism to be so safe. I could totally see someone make the decision to accept a 0.3 percentage point increase in risk.