Study: Alcohol tied to 75,000 deaths a year in U.S.
Friday, September 24, 2004 Posted: 10:51 AM EDT (1451 GMT)
ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) -- Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested Thursday.
Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States after tobacco use and poor eating and exercise habits.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which published the study, estimated that 34,833 people in 2001 died from cirrhosis of the liver, cancer and other diseases linked to drinking too much beer, wine and spirits
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