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The amount of alcohol that raises cancer death risk (opens in a new tab)

nypost.com · 2026-09-04

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Claim 1 of 7Not checkedA new study found that alcohol may raise the odds of dying from nine different types of cancer at levels as low as one drink a day.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 7Not checkedResearchers analyzed more than three decades of U.S. data from the Global Burden of Disease Study.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 7Not checkedAlcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the U.S. more than doubled between 1990 and 2023, increasing from 11,361 to 23,126 a year.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 7Not checkedThe article says the cancers linked to alcohol deaths include breast, prostate, colon, rectal, stomach, pancreatic, liver, head and neck cancers.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 7Not checkedOlder adults bore the brunt of alcohol-attributable cancer deaths, with people 55 and older facing higher rates than those ages 20 to 54, and men fared worse than women.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 6 of 7Not checkedAlcohol-related deaths from colorectal and esophageal cancers were climbing faster than cancer deaths as a whole.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 7 of 7Not checkedThe article says more than three drinks a day was linked to at least four times the risk of esophageal cancer death seen in non-drinkers.View evidenceHide evidence

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Current Trends in Mortality Attributable to HIV Infection/AIDS—United States, 1981-1990

Archives of Dermatology · 1991 · Crossref

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