Heavy drinking drove hundreds of thousands of Americans to early graves
From 2011 to 2015, excessive drinking ended lives 29 years sooner, on average, than expected
Excessive drinking killed more than 95,000 people on average in the United States annually from 2011 to 2015. Close to 68,000, or 71 percent, each year were male, researchers report.
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