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[thoughtomator]

@zippy - that is likely due almost exclusively to immigration, which of course the NYTimes and the agenda-driven individuals it chooses to quote are not going to tell you.

 

[wrestlingwes_8]

@zippy - that is likely due almost exclusively to immigration, which of course the NYTimes and the agenda-driven individuals it chooses to quote are not going to tell you.

Dude, don't even try to reason with that person...it's like talking to a wall..

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

I don't see why so many people have a problem with ZippyJuan. Someone gets something wrong, he corrects them, provides the correct info, the person gets offended, and then people gang up on him for the rest of the thread

 

[wrestlingwes_8]

I don't see why so many people have a problem with ZippyJuan. Someone gets something wrong, he corrects them, provides the correct info, the person gets offended, and then people gang up on him for the rest of the thread

You mean provides dis-info from known liars

 

[Zippyjuan]

Was the information shared incorrect? If it was, please provide alternatives.

The trend in Italy actually goes back longer (the earlier piece stated a tripling of alcoholism since 1996).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1052534/

Trends in death certification rates from the five major alcohol related causes of death in Italy (cancers of the mouth or pharynx, oesophagus, larynx, liver and cirrhosis of the liver) were analysed over a period (1955-79) in which per capita alcohol consumption almost trebled. Age standardised mortality from liver cirrhosis almost doubled in males and increased over 70% in females. In males, mortality from cancers of the upper digestive or respiratory tract showed increases of between 27% and 44%, and liver cancer increased by over 100%. In the late 1970s, the four alcohol related cancer sites accounted for about 12% of all cancer deaths in males and 4.5% in females. Mortality from liver cirrhosis alone accounted for 4.8% of all deaths in males (9.2% of manpower years lost) and 2.3% in females (6.3% manpower years lost) in females. These figures were even higher in selected areas of north eastern Italy, where alcohol consumption is greater. In absolute terms, the upward trends observed correspond to about 10,000 excess deaths per year in the late 1970s compared with rates observed two decades earlier and are thus second only to the increase in tobacco related causes of death over the same calendar period.

This and the latest tripling cannot be attributed only to immigration (blame the foreigners? A popular game for many issues.).

@zippy - that is likely due almost exclusively to immigration, which of course the NYTimes and the agenda-driven individuals it chooses to quote are not going to tell you.

Immigrants are actually a fairly small percent of the total population there.

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1492527709

Rome, 30 Oct. (AKI) - The number of immigrants in Italy grew faster in 2006 than in any other European country to reach just under 3.7 million or 6.2 percent of the population, according to a new report by Catholic charities Caritas and Fondazione Migrantes.

If 6.2% of the population can cause the per-capita consumption of alcohol for the entire country to triple, they are consuming unbelievable quantities. Or the locals are barely drinking any at all.