Alcohol abstinence and mortality in a general population sample of German adults

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tl;dr: People drinking no alcohol tend to have a higher mortality rate than moderate drinkers because the majority of them have a history of alcohol or drug abuse.

> Of the abstainers, 322 (72.04%) had met one or more criteria for former alcohol or drug dependence or abuse, alcohol risky drinking, or had tried to cut down or to stop drinking, were daily smokers, or self-rated their health as fair to poor.

I mean you'd think people would just look at how long the mormons live for to figure out that most of these studies showing abstainers=>higher chance of death are biased.

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