Death rates from cancers associated with alcohol consumption doubled between 1990 and 2023, according to a study published Sept. 2 in The Lancet Regional Health — Americas.
Led by the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami, researchers used the Global Burden of Disease database to analyze age-standardized mortality rates for all cancers and 10 specific cancers, and the percentage of those rates that could be attributed to heavy alcohol use, between 1990 and 2023.
Here are three notes from the study:
- Mortality associated with an alcohol-attributable cancer was higher among men than women and among individuals age 55 and older than individuals ages 20-54.
- In 2023, liver and breast cancers had the highest alcohol-related mortality rates among individuals age 55 and older for men and women, respectively.
Among individuals ages 20-54, colorectal and breast cancers had the highest alcohol-related mortality rates for men and women, respectively.
- At the state level, the District of Columbia had the highest alcohol-related cancer mortality rate and Utah had the lowest.
Read the full study here.
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