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Originally Posted by L-Pink
True, except the 85,000 attributed to alcohol deaths has to include driving while under the influence not just people dropping dead while drinking beer.
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Yeah you're right that alcohol deaths are inflated in that manner. Cigarette, homicide and peanuts probably not.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which published the study, estimated that 34,833 people in 2001 died from cirrhosis of the liver, cancer and other diseases linked to drinking too much beer, wine and spirits.
Another 40,933 died from car crashes and other mishaps caused by excessive alcohol use.
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If you eliminate the deaths from car crashes, which should have been done to make the point they're trying to make, the remaining number of deaths directly attributed to booze is still pretty high.
