Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Report shows alcohol consumption linked to portion of cancer incidence and mortality


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/acs-rsa011921.php

 

News Release 19-Jan-2021
American Cancer Society

 

A new study finds that alcohol consumption accounts for a considerable portion of cancer incidence and mortality in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The article, which appears in Cancer Epidemiology, states that the proportion of cancer cases attributable to alcohol consumption ranged from a high of 6.7% in Delaware to a low of 2.9% in Utah. Similarly, Delaware had the highest proportion of alcohol-related cancer deaths (4.5%) and Utah had the lowest (1.9%).


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