[scottLobster]

I did exactly that actually. The only link to the study I could find in 5 minutes of searching is paywalled. I'm not going to pay $31.50 just to make a point on HN.

[mohawk]

http://www.lunaliving.org/pdf/global-burden-of-disease-and-i...

The link is on the right next to the google scholar search results.

[bonniemuffin]

Based on the tables in this paper, alcohol-caused cancer is responsible for 0.8% of deaths. I don't see how the numbers in the paper could be used to calculate a value of 4% for any statistic related to alcohol+cancer.

[Someone]

I read it as 0.8% of all deaths, not of only the deaths caused by cancer. I think that is the most logical reading.

If that's correct, I get at that 4% this way: according to https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cance..., about 20% of all deaths are caused by cancer.

If, of that 20%, 0.8% is caused by alcohol-induced cancer, 4% of all deaths caused by cancer are caused by alcohol-induced cancer.

[zo1]

I think the confusing part is trying to click on the "result". The PDF link is usually on the right, next to the title.