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SOS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-18-11 10:49 AM
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227. The alcohol numbers are vastly underreported
I know 10 people who died of alcohol abuse whose death certificates made no mention of their alcoholism.
Yes, that's anecdotal, but other resources back this up.

From the New York Times:

ALCOHOL-RELATED DEATHS SEEN UNDERREPORTED

The researchers found alcohol was a factor in 133 of the deaths, but death certificates indicated alcohol was related to only 21.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DD1639F932A15754C0A961948260
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