Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the United States doubled over three decades, rising from 11,361 in 1990 to 23,126 in 2023, according to a secondary analysis of Global Burden of Disease data published in The Lancet Regional Health Americas by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
The finding that departs most from public assumption involves younger adults. Among people aged 20 to 54, colorectal cancer was the leading alcohol-attributable cause of cancer death in men, and breast cancer ranked first in women, followed by colorectal. Liver cancer, the association most people know, led only among adults 55 and older.
