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  Volume 
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          No. 4, October 2006 
SPECIAL TOPICEstimating Chronic Disease Deaths and Hospitalizations Due to Alcohol Use in Canada in 2002: Implications for Policy and Prevention Strategies
| Condition | No. Deaths Caused by Alcohol | No. Deaths Prevented by Alcohol |  
| Men | Women | Men | Women |  
| Mental disorders (other than alcohol dependence) | 237 | 78 | 0 | 0 |  
| Digestive diseases | 663 | 218 | 2 | 1 |  
| Diabetes | 0 | 0 | 71 | 18 |  
| Cardiovascular | 200 | 33 | 678 | 176 |  
| Cancer (malignant neoplasms) | 608 | 283 | 0 | 0 |  
| Alcohol dependence | 198 | 59 | 0 | 0 |  
| Total | 1,906 | 672 | 751 | 195 |  Figure 1. Alcohol-attributable chronic-disease mortality in Canada, 2002, people aged 69 years or younger. Return to article   
| Condition | No. Diagnoses Caused by Alcohol | No. Diagnoses Prevented by Alcohol |  
| Men | Women | Men | Women |  
| Mental disorders (other than alcohol dependence) | 27,015 | 13,086 | 0 | 0 |  
| Digestive diseases | 11,803 | 4,429 | 2,092 | 2,458 |  
| Diabetes | 0 | 0 | 4,730 | 1,698 |  
| Cardiovascular | 32,422 | 9,578 | 17,040 | 4,633 |  
| Cancer (malignant neoplasms) | 2,367 | 1,894 | 0 | 0 |  
| Alcohol dependence | 15,416 | 6,612 | 0 | 0 |  
| Total | 89,022 | 35,599 | 23,861 | 8,790 |  Figure 2. Alcohol-attributable Chronic Disease Diagnoses in Canada, 2002, Population Aged 69 Years or Younger. Return to article | 
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