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> The death toll of alcohol abuse is much higher

It's much higher because of the US unique car culture and car-centric infrastructure:

  14.2 deaths / 100K inhabitants  in the US 
  4.8 / 100K in France 
  3.35 / 100K in Germany (despite autobahns)
  2.1 / 100K in Japan
Sure, drinking is a problem. But people drink in other countries too (as much or more). But they don't have to drive a car everywhere because they have more sensible infrastructure.

Let's compare with the homocide rate in the US: 5.9 - 6.8 / 100K (depending on source)

Yes, that's half the car fatality rate, but not all car fatalities are due to alcohol abuse.

But the big takeaway is that you have 3 times as much chance of dying from a gun in the US as dying from a car in Japan.



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