Re:No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says World He...
by happytoexplain on Thursday January 20, 2022 @10:54AM
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While a little unclear on details, this seems to put the parent's assertion well within the realm of possibility. 45% of people had nothing to drink in the past month. It's therefore believable, barring additional data, that the majority of people drink at most a "little", as the parent put it. Are you interpreting this differently?
Re:No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says World He...
by mindcrime on Thursday January 20, 2022 @10:57AM
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54.9 percent reported that they drank in the past month
Consider this: I am in the group that can say "they drank in the last month." It is also simultaneously true that I "drink little or no alcohol" (by any reasonable standard).
How can that be? Well, if you took my last 12 months worth of alcohol consumption and calculated my "average drinks per month" the number would round to 0. So yes, I do drink, and by happenstance it happens that I've had a drink in the last month. But I think that easily qualifies as "little or no alcohol".
* 85.6 percent of people ages 18 and older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime
* 69.5 percent reported that they drank in the past year
* 54.9 percent reported that they drank in the past month
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sh...