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These total-factor mortality studies tend to be over large populations and long time-periods, so it's difficult to administer a test protocol like "check their
by aetherson 12y ago
These total-factor mortality studies tend to be over large populations and long time-periods, so it's difficult to administer a test protocol like "check their blood alcohol many times a week and find a peak."
It seems almost certain that intensity of drinking has some effect on total-factor mortality, if only because if you get blind drunk you're more prone to accident than someone who drinks only to being buzzed or less.
- sandworm 12y agoThat's why I am so interested. I could see how getting blind drunk once a week might actually reduce total mortality. Perhaps those who get blind drunk only occasionally under planned conditions have fewer accidents than those who drink regularly and therefore spend more time under the influence. I agree that a measurement protocol would be difficult. But the OP was based on self-reporting. They could ask "Have you, in the last week, ever been above the legal driving limit?" or "What is the most you consumed in a single sitting this week?"