Alcohol-linked cancer deaths in US more than doubled

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Alcohol-linked cancer deaths in US more than doubled?

Of the 52 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 12% are rated left, 84% are rated centre, 4% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 67. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Alcohol-linked cancer deaths in US more than doubled left or right?

The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 84% of the 52 rated outlets on it are rated centre — so far this is a story carried mostly by the centre. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.

Is the coverage of Alcohol-linked cancer deaths in US more than doubled biased?

Alcohol-linked cancer deaths in US more than doubled is one event reported by 67 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which outlets covered Alcohol-linked cancer deaths in US more than doubled?

67 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

How many cancer deaths are attributed to alcohol in the US?

In 2023, 23,126 cancer deaths in the U.S. were attributed to alcohol consumption. This is more than double the approximately 11,361 deaths estimated in 1990, according to a study analyzing data from 1990 to 2023.

Which cancers are linked to alcohol consumption?

The increased risk of death from cancer due to alcohol applies to breast, prostate, colon, rectum, stomach, pancreatic, liver, head, and neck cancers. For younger adults, colorectal cancer is a leading cause of alcohol-attributable cancer mortality in men and second in women.

Does the study say there is no safe level of alcohol consumption?

The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States stated that the claim 'there is no safe level' of alcohol consumption is not supported by this study. They argue this claim misrepresents the scientific evidence and the complex relationship between alcohol and health.