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14-21 units of alcohol a week really sounds like that would increase mortality. I'm surprised they didn't find that mortality increases remarkably before then.
by clnq 4y ago
14-21 units of alcohol a week really sounds like that would increase mortality. I'm surprised they didn't find that mortality increases remarkably before then.
- loeg 4y agoYes, it is a surprisingly high amount. ~14-21 units/week puts you in (at least) the top 20% of Americans for alcohol consumption. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think-you-drink-a-lot-this-chart-will-tell-you/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think... ( https://archive.is/fa25J https://archive.is/fa25J )
- ToValueFunfetti 4y agoNote that that data is unreliable. IIRC, the methodology is to start with a survey, multiply by the population size, find that it doesn't account for nearly half of the drinks sold, and then multiply the survey results by a constant factor to account for the difference. So, for example with population = 2, one reported 35 drinks per week and the other reported 1 drink per week, but we sold 72 drinks per week so we assume that the person who claimed 35 actually drank 70.