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I suspect, the salient fact that the CDC is leaving out is that many, if not most, of these are from car accidents. Also, by qualifying it as "working-age" it
by transfire 12y ago
I suspect, the salient fact that the CDC is leaving out is that many, if not most, of these are from car accidents.
Also, by qualifying it as "working-age" it skews the results heavily. What about all the people that did all that drinking and managed to make it past working age?
Lucky for us, automated cars are going to solve most of this problem in a decade or two. So a more honest assessment would answer how many adults are dying from non-vehicular drinking causes.
- biehl 12y agoSo, try to regulate drinking until automatic cars save us?
- nilved 12y agoYes, prohibition showed us that regulation is an effective way to prevent people from doing things
- Hannan 12y ago>> I suspect, the salient fact that the CDC is leaving out is that many, if not most, of these are from car accidents. "About 1.7 million people died from short-term causes such as crashes or accidents, compared to approximately 800,000 who died from long-term health causes like cancer or strokes, according to the study."
- rodgerd 12y agoHow, exactly, would it be "more honest" to exclude a huge chunk of deaths? There's a lot of denial going on in this discussion.