Fact sheet: Alcohol and cancer in the WHO European Region: an appeal for better prevention (European Union)

Sponsor, manager or home institution: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Primary purpose: To provide information and policy options for reducing the alcohol-attributable cancer burden in the WHO European Region and to emphasize the effectiveness of cost-effective alcohol control policies, in achieving this goal.

Type of information: The incidence of alcohol-attributable cancers within the WHO European Region; Age-standardized rates of cancer cases in Europe caused by alcohol, per 100.000; Proportion of cancer deaths, per cancer type, that are attributable to alcohol, by sex; Cancer cases and deaths caused by alcohol in the WHO European Region, by sex and cancer site; Proportion of cancer cases due to alcohol in the WHO European Region, by cancer type and drinking level; Number of new cancer cases that could have been prevented in 2018 by increasing alcohol excise tax in four European countries; Which cancers are caused by alcohol; Is there a safe level of drinking?; The combined risk of using alcohol and tobacco; Policy options to reduce alcohol-attributable cancers.

Data level: European level.

Access to information: Access Information [1].