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In addition to the numbers given above there will be other
deaths due to alcoholism, but in which it has been omitted as
the primary cause from the certificate and the secondary cause or
terminal disease alone inserted. Thus many of the deaths of
young adults from pneumonia, many of the cases of Bright's
disease of the kidneys, some of the deaths due to " influenza " or
bronchitis, many street and night accidents, and possibly some
of the cases of overlying are attributable directly or indirectly
to alcohol.
It will be noticed that in the above table the deaths from
cirrhosis of the liver much outnumber the deaths from alcoholism.
This alone is eloquent of the desire to exclude the presence of
alcoholism from the certificates of the causes of death.