Table 3.
Alcohol-attributable Fractions (AAFs)a and Mean Age at Death in Canada, 2002
| Chronic Disease Categories | AAF (%) Aged 69 and Younger | Mean Age at Death, y | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men (n = 89,022) | Women (n = 35,599) | |
| Detrimental effectsb | ||||
| Malignant neoplasms (3.4%) | 15.8 | 4.0 | 57.3 | 55.7 |
| Mouth and oropharynx cancer | 20.5 | 8.4 | 56.9 | 56.4 |
| Esophageal cancer | 19.2 | 7.1 | 56.9 | 57.2 |
| Liver cancer | 16.1 | 7.6 | 56.9 | 59.1 |
| Laryngeal cancer | 19.3 | 15.4 | 59.1 | 59.1 |
| Breast cancer | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 54.5 |
| Other cancers | 3.2 | 1.0 | 54.3 | 53.8 |
| Neuropsychiatric conditions (49.9%) | 57.4 | 35.5 | 52.1 | 52.3 |
| Alcoholic psychoses | 100 | 100 | 51.8 | 54.4 |
| Alcohol abuse | 100 | 100 | 53.0 | 49.9 |
| Alcohol dependence syndrome | 100 | 100 | 54.7 | 54.9 |
| Unipolar major depression | 1.1 | 0.1 | 48.0 | 54.7 |
| Degenerative nervous system due to alcohol | 100 | 100 | 59.1 | 52.0 |
| Epilepsy | 39.4 | 18.7 | 41.2 | 46.7 |
| Alcoholic polyneuropathy | 100 | 100 | NA | NA |
| Cardiovascular diseases (33.7%) | 2.5 | 0.3 | 54.8 | 56.5 |
| Hypertensive disease | 6.4 | 0.6 | 56.4 | 59.7 |
| Alcoholic cardiomyopathy | 100 | 100 | 52.7 | 56.4 |
| Cardiac arrhythmias | 7.0 | 1.4 | 53.7 | 54.6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 0.7 | NA | 56.2 | NA |
| Hemorrhagic stroke | 1.4 | NA | 59.1 | NA |
| Esophageal varices | 34.2 | 17.9 | 57.5 | 59.6 |
| Digestive diseases (13.0%) | 38.7 | 55.5 | 50.3 | 54.6 |
| Alcoholic gastritis | 100 | 100 | 58.3 | 64.5 |
| Cirrhosis of the liver | 41.3 | 26.4 | 55.6 | 54.5 |
| Acute and chronic pancreatitis | 13.5 | 3.4 | 54.4 | 56.4 |
| Chronic pancreatitis, alcohol induced | 55.6 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 52.0 |
| Cholelithiasis | -16.2 | -8.6 | 49.8 | 42.8 |
| Average mean age at death for detrimental effects | 55.2 | 54.7 | ||
| Beneficial effectsb | ||||
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | -5.1 | -2.5 | 56.9 | 57.7 |
| Ischemic heart disease | -3.1 | -0.6 | 57.4 | 58.6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | NA | -0.7 | NA | 56.1 |
| Ischemic stroke | -0.2 | -2.9 | 56.8 | 53.5 |
| Hemorrhagic stroke | NA | -0.2 | NA | 59.6 |
| Cholelithiasis | -3.3 | -0.8 | 58.9 | 54.3 |
| Average mean age at death for beneficial effects | 57.4 | 57.7 | ||
| Average mean age at death for net effects | 53.8 | 53.4 | ||
NA indicates not applicable.
a
AAF refers to the number of alcohol-related deaths divided by the overall number of deaths
b
Numbers were derived by multiplying AAFs with number of diagnoses and result in numbers with decimals; there may be rounding errors. A negative number indicates that more deaths were prevented than caused by alcohol for the respective disease condition.