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Solo drinking surge among young adults, especially women: A red flag for public health (news.umich.edu)
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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

40% of young adults who drank in the past year

Yeah—it looks like it’s a trend among drinkers, so it says nothing about the overall drinking rate.

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

The number doesn't say that much. Obviously it's among drinkers, but I think the more interesting percentage would be people who only drink alone.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's what I mean, wouldn't it being a different subset of users? Maybe these are the hardcore drinkers that already existed, but were overshadowed by the huge numbers of drinkers.

[-] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 days ago

or this could be young women having a glass of wine while cooking dinner?

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