Did you check the comments on this tweet? Inclu @GidMK "It's odd, because you are a statistician using large numbers to mislead. 400,000 bottles of gin sounds like a lot, but depending on estimates that's between half and a third of the average alcohol consumption for a UK adult
Had a quick look at the report. Those figures are based off the PAF, so it appears they are absolute. Worth noting that 1 litre of alcohol is about 4 bottles of vodka, so the reduction is quite large to achieve that benefit. Report is here http://fare.org.au/alcohol-consumption-and-liver-pancreatic-head-and-neck-cancers-in-australia-time-series-analyses/ …
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No they are relative rates of death not absolute
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What makes you say that?
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