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Alcohol Consumption &
Mortality
Doubling US Alcohol Consumption Would Save 152,602 Lives per Year |
Population (millions) |
Heart Disease Mortality Rate per 100,000 Population |
Actual Heart Disease Deaths per Year |
Deaths if All Mortality Rates Were Equal to Drinkers |
Annual Lives Saved |
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US Total |
270 |
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733,361 |
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Population over 18 years old |
205 |
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Non-drinkers |
82 |
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Women |
43 |
446 |
191,565 |
127,710 |
63,855 |
Men |
39 |
448 |
174,903 |
116,641 |
58,262 |
Drinkers |
123 |
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Women |
64 |
297 |
190,080 |
190,080 |
0 |
Men |
59 |
299 |
176,457 |
176,457 |
0 |
Total Lives Saved If Non-drinking Women Drank 1 Oz Per Day
and Non Drinking Men Drank 2 Oz Per Day |
733,005 |
610,887 |
122,117 |
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Non-drinker/index |
82 |
6,700 |
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Drinkers |
123 |
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Women |
64 |
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Less than 0.5 ozs/day |
32 |
6,365 |
203,680 |
192,960 |
10,720 |
0.5-1.0 ozs/day |
32 |
6,030 |
192,960 |
192,960 |
0 |
Men |
59 |
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Less than 1.0 ozs/day |
29.5 |
6,030 |
177,885 |
158,120 |
19,765 |
1.0 - 2.0 ozs/day |
29.5 |
5,360 |
158,120 |
158,120 |
0 |
Total Lives Saved If All Women Drank 1 Oz & All Men
Drank 2 Oz Per Day |
732,645 |
702,160 |
30,485 |
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TOTAL Lives Saved Annually |
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152,602 |
Increased Alcohol Consumption, Million Ounces Per Year |
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Women Non-drinkers |
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15,695 |
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Men Non-drinkers |
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28,470 |
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Moderate Women Drinkers from .5 Oz to 1 Oz |
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5,840 |
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Moderate Men Drinkers from 1 Oz to 2 Oz |
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10,768 |
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Total Increase, Million Ounces per Year |
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60,773 |
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Increase in per Capita Consumption in Ounces |
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225 |
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Current per Capita Consumption in Ounces |
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230 |
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Percent Increase in Alcohol Consumption |
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97.7% |
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Lives Saved per One Ounce Increase in per Capita
Consumption |
678 |
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Total Increase, Million Gallons Year |
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475 |
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Increase in per Capita Alcohol Consumption, Gallons |
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1.8 |
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Current Consumption, Million Gallons Year |
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486 |
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Current per Capita Alcohol Consumption, Gallons |
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1.8 |
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Gallons of Alcohol per Life Saved |
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3,111 |
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Cost per Gallon of Alcohol |
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$70.40 |
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Cost of Alcohol per Life Saved |
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$219,032 |
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Total Annual Cost of Increased Alcohol Consumption
(millions) |
$33,425 |
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Annual Productivity of Average Citizen |
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$40,000 |
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Increased GDP (millions) |
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$6,104 |
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Ratio Increased Alcohol Cost:Increased GDP |
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5.5 |
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This table shows that the
already low rate of alcohol consumption in the US causes the premature deaths each year of
60,000 of the 40 million Americans between the ages of 50-64.
Table 1: Temperance, Alcohol Consumption and
Cardiac Mortality
| Alcohol Consumption (1990) |
Temperance
Nations a |
Non-Temperance
Nations b |
| total consumption c |
6.6 |
10.8 |
| percent wine |
17.7 |
43.7 |
| percent beer |
53.1 |
40.4 |
| percent spirits |
29.2 |
15.9 |
| AA groups/million population |
170 |
25 |
| coronary mortality d (males 50-64) |
421 |
272 |
| a |
Norway, Sweden, U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada,
Finland, Iceland |
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| b |
Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark,
Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
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| c |
Liters consumed per capita per annum |
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| d |
Deaths per 100,000 population |
Source: Peele S. Culture, alcohol, and health: the consequences of
alcohol consumption among western nations. December 1, 1995. Morristown, NJ. |
A 5 Liter/capita Increase in US Alcohol Consumption Would Increase Male Life
Expectancy by Two Years |
Increase in liters per capita |
5 |
Increase in Ounces per Capita |
168.42 |
Population (millions) |
270 |
Millions of gallons |
45473.7 |
Current life expectancy |
73 |
Increase in life expectancy |
2 |
Percent increase in life expectancy |
2.74% |
All-cause deaths per year |
2,314,690 |
Reduction in annual deaths |
63,416 |
Lives saved for each one ounce/capita increase |
377 |
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