[ftrobro]

> allthough one would think they'd get 0% alcohol related cancers

I assume "alcohol related" in this context means that alcohol consumption increases the risk for those types of cancers, but you might still get those types of cancers even if you have never consumed any alcohol. And "less than once drink per week" is assumed to be almost the same as never consuming any alcohol at all, so 17% is the risk for women who never consume any alcohol.

[IAmBroom]

Then the phrase "alcohol related" is massively biased wording.

That's like calling death from bleeding out "gun related death", because people who get shot often die of bleeding out.

[teekert]

Ah yes that must be it. 17% of women get these cancers, which are cancers that you have a higher risk of when drinking, but in this case they are not caused by drinking. I though < 1 per day is still drinking 6 special Belgian beers of 8-10 % alcohol on a Saturday so I thought, that's still quite something. At least I'd be heavily hung over the next day. I expected the baseline to just be "non-drinking".

Very poorly written I'd say.

[maltelau]

In your quote, the number is "<1 per week", not "<1 per day"

[teekert]

Oh... right, pff, this invalidates all my concerns indeed. Apologies.