Table 2.

Avoidable new alcohol-attributable cancer cases and deaths in 2019 for the different tax increase scenarios for the entire WHO European Region.

Taxation increase scenario†	Cancer incidence			Cancer deaths
	Total number of avoided cancers	% alcohol-attributable cancers‡	% alcohol-related cancers§	Total number of avoided cancers	% alcohol-attributable cancers‡	% alcohol-related cancers§
20%	2,096 (1,847-2,390)	1·2 (1·1-1·2)	0·2 (0·1-0·2)	944 (821-1,082)	1·1 (1·0-1·2)	0·1 (0·1-0·2)
50%	5,283 (4,654-6,028)	2·9 (2·8-3·1)	0·4 (0·3-0·4)	2,383 (2,073-2,733)	2·8 (2·6-3·0)	0·4 (0·3-0·4)
100%	10,716 (9,433-12,239)	5·9 (5·6-6·4)	0·8 (0·7-0·9)	4,846 (4,219-5,563)	5·7 (5·4-6·1)	0·7 (0·6-0·9)

^†Tax increase on national beverage-specific alcohol excise duties on beer, wine, and spirits.

^‡Alcohol-attributable cancers refer to those new cancer cases or deaths estimated to have been caused by alcohol.

^§Alcohol-related cancers refer to all new cases or deaths for cancers whose risk is increased by alcohol consumption.