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

Table 5 Avoided and net harm from alcohol use (method 2) among females, San Francisco 2004-2007

		YLL	PAF	YLL attributableto alcohol
Alcohol-attributable harm, SF females (Table 2)				7,470
Benefits (based on all SF females):
	Ischemic heart disease	17,365.7	-10%	-1,737
	Cerebrovascular disease	9,866.2	-27%	-2,664
	Diabetes mellitus	3,088.7	-4%	-124
total YLL avoided, females				-4,524
Net alcohol impact as YLL				2,946
Alcohol YLL %**				2.0%

** Alcohol YLL % = YLL divided by YLL from all causes (147.592.1) for this demographic group
Method 2 modifies the harm shown in Table 2 by subtracting the beneficial effects that are presumed to be attributable to alcohol. This estimate is for all ethnicities combined.

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