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Table 4.

Proportion of cancer cases averted in 2018 in each country for different increases in excise duties for alcohol

Country	Increasing current excise duties by 20%		Increasing current excise duties by 50%		Increasing current excise duties by 100%
	% alcohol-attributable cancers averted	% cancers averted/all cancers^a	% alcohol-attributable cancers averted	% cancers averted/all cancers^a	% alcohol-attributable cancers averted	% cancers averted/all cancers^a
Germany	0.60 (0.50–0.72)	0.08 (0.07–0.10)	1.52 (1.26–1.81)	0.21 (0.17–0.25)	3.06 (2.55–3.67)	0.42 (0.35–0.51)
Italy	0.95 (0.81–1.10)	0.07 (0.06–0.09)	2.38 (2.04–2.76)	0.19 (0.16–0.22)	4.80 (4.10–5.56)	0.37 (0.32–0.43)
Kazakhstan	0.70 (0.56–0.91)	0.10 (0.08–0.14)	1.76 (1.42–2.29)	0.26 (0.21–0.34)	3.57 (2.87–4.67)	0.53 (0.43–0.70)
Sweden	1.38 (1.18–1.65)	0.12 (0.10–0.14)	3.48 (2.97–4.16)	0.29 (0.25–0.35)	7.03 (6.00–8.44)	0.60 (0.51–0.71)

Values given in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals.

The proportion here denotes the cases averted of all cancers from the following categories: lip and oral cavity, oropharynx, oesophagus, colon and rectum, liver, female breast, and larynx cancers.