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Table 3 Mortality rates according to alcohol consumption in subjects aged ≥60 years. The Tromsø Study 1994–2020

From: The effects of exceeding low-risk drinking thresholds on self-rated health and all-cause mortality in older adults: the Tromsø study 1994–2020

 

Person Time (Years)

Mortality rate

Number of subjects

Survival time (Years)

25%

50%

75%

Female abstainer

28,174

0.0486

2348

9.5

16.3

23.0

Male abstainer

10,268

0.0595

1010

6.9

13.8

21.0

Female moderate drinker (< 100 g/week)

66,260

0.0253

5827

14.4

20.7

.

Male moderate drinker (< 100 g/week)

59,667

0.0346

5615

11.2

18.0

24.0

Female high-level drinker (≥100 g/week)

5517

0.0152

700

15.5

22.8

.

Male high-level drinker (≥100 g/week)

10,499

0.0232

1297

13.4

19.6

25.7

Total

180,384

0.0335

15,517

12.0

18.9

24.8