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NOV 20, 2004 01:50 PM
Turin said:
demetrius_z said:
ms_n_thrope said:
there's a lot of reasons why alcohol is really bad. after all it is one of the leading causes of death in this country, surpassing all illegal drugs combined.
I'd be interested to see some stats for that. Thanks.
check their sources. note that the source report files drunk driving deaths under "car accidents." unfortunately, according to this, tobacco causes more deaths than alcohol and illicit drugs combined.
Thanks for that.
# (2000): "The leading causes of death in 2000 were tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths), poor diet and physical inactivity (400,000 deaths; 16.6%), and alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%). Other actual causes of death were microbial agents (75,000), toxic agents (55,000), motor vehicle crashes (43,000), incidents involving firearms (29,000), sexual behaviors (20,000), and illicit use of drugs (17,000)." NOTE: The study's authors decided to count 16,653 deaths from alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes under motor vehicle crashes rather than under alcohol consumption. Previous mortality estimates have done the opposite and counted such deaths as caused by alcohol consumption.
Source: Mokdad, Ali H., PhD, Jam
alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%) +16,653 deaths from alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes = 101,653
That's a lot, but it's still less than died from tobacco.
Plus, death by smoking isn't what people should be worried about. Smoking causes sexual impotence.
turin
Denver, CO
October 2003
NOV 20, 2004 01:42 PM