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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2018 Nov 16;114(2):236–247. doi: 10.1111/add.14470

Table 2.

Simulated estimates of the prevalence of heavy, light and non-drinking, as well as violence and homicide rates per 100,000, at each level of taxation intervention, in an agent-based model of New York City, with 95% percentile intervals

Tax percent increase Non-Drinker Light Drinker Heavy Drinker Alcohol Violence* Violence* Alcohol Homicide* Homicide*
No Tax Increase 0% 46.5 41.3 12.2 1126.7 3670.7 3.22 11.8
(46.4, 46.6) (41.2, 41.4) (12.1, 12.3) (1097.6, 1169.6) (3644.0, 3693.7) (2.50, 3.73) (10.8, 12.9)
Universal Alcohol Tax 1% 47.2 41.3 11.5 1058.2 3663.1 2.98 12.0
(47.0, 47.5) (41.1, 41.5) (11.2, 11.8) (1015.2, 1102.1) (3633.7, 3693.9) (2.24, 3.61) (10.8, 12.8)
5% 48.5 41.0 10.5 967.5 3642.2 2.73 12.0
(48.3, 49.0) (40.7, 41.1) (10.2, 10.8) (918.4, 1002.0) (3604.9, 3669.7) (2.06, 3.37) (10.8, 13.2)
10% 50.3 40.2 9.6 870.3 3640.5 2.40 11.7
(49.9, 50.5) (40.0, 40.4) (9.4, 9.8) (833.0, 906.5) (3603.7, 3674.8) (1.92, 2.94) (10.5, 13.0)
Beer Only Tax 1% 47.1 41.3 11.6 1064.7 3659.0 3.08 11.6
(46.9, 47.3) (41.2, 41.5) (11.3, 11.8) (1032.3, 1089.7) (3629.6, 3694.0) (2.46, 3.53) (10.6, 13.1)
5% 47.8 41.2 11.0 1000.5 3645.0 2.90 11.9
(47.5, 48.1) (41.0, 41.4) (10.8, 11.3) (963.4, 1042.7) (3621.9, 3685.9) (2.27, 3.46) (10.5, 13.0)
10% 48.5 41.0 10.5 951.5 3640.3 2.61 12.0
(48.3, 48.9) (40.8, 41.2) (10.2, 10.7) (892.3, 985.9) (3613.9, 3675.3) (1.99, 3.24) (10.3, 13.5)
*

Violence and Homicide is rate per 100,000