Estimating alcohol-related premature mortality in san francisco: use of population-attributable fractions from the global burden of disease study

Table 4 Avoided and net harm from alcohol use (method 2) among males, San Francisco 2004-2007

		YLL	PAF	YLL attributableto alcohol
Alcohol-attributable harm, SF males (Table 1)				26,115
Benefits (based on all SF males):
	Ischemic heart disease	25,604.3	-14%	-3,585
	Diabetes mellitus	4,038.3	-4%	-162
total YLL avoided				-3,746
Net alcohol impact as YLL				22,369
Alcohol YLL %*				9.9%

*Alcohol YLL % = YLL divided by YLL from all causes (225,369.9) for this demographic group
Method 2 modifies the harm shown in Table 1 by subtracting the beneficial effects that are presumed to be attributable to alcohol. This estimate is for all ethnicities combined.

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