Sources and magnitudes of relative risks for the effects of alcohol use on disease-specific mortality.

aExposure categories were: Abstainer, a person not having had a drink containing alcohol within the last year; DI 0�C19.99 g of pure alcohol daily (females) and 0�C39.99 g (males); DII, 20�C39.99 g (females) and 40�C59.99 g (males); and DIII, >40 g (females) and >60 g (males). Binge drinking was defined as having at least one occasion of five or more drinks in the last month. For IHD, the categories refer to non-binge drinkers.bFor these risk factor�Cdisease pairs, RRs in the source were reported for all ages combined. We used median age at event and the age pattern of excess risk from smoking and the same disease to estimate RRs for each age category.cThis category includes ICD-9 codes 210�C239.dThese odds ratios were used to estimate PAF as described in the Methods section.eUsed to estimated PAF for having drunk alcohol in the last 6 h before injury.