A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol and tobacco

Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by superpermutat0r on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:40AM (#19529116)

I do not understand what absolute lifetime risk increase of 1% means. How many more people die compared to what?

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Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by antirez on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:00AM (#19529190)

AFAIK it means that if the average person had 10% probably to die because of cancer, by drinking the probability will be 10.1 (1 percent more).

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Re:A comparison of population cancer risks between alcohol a... by antirez on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:40AM (#19529327)

Btw that would be a relative increase. They actually say absolute...

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