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One in five men will die as a result of alcohol,\u201d Professor Saxena says.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the average Australian aged over 15 drank the equivalent of 9.4 litres of pure alcohol \u2013that\u2019s about 224 stubbies or 38 bottles of wine each. (60 Minutes)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as you start consuming alcohol, you\u2019re more likely to die?\u201d Steinfort asks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s correct,\u201d she responds.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a stern warning, with the evidence to back it up \u2013 but not everyone is convinced.<\/p>\n<p>Professor David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the esteemed Cambridge University, tells 60 Minutes he is concerned that the numbers touted by the study have been blown massively out of proportion, and that the statistics themselves are being \u201cabused\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Sonia Saxena, one of the authors of the controversial study, tells 60 Minutes that most people are not actually aware of the serious health effects that just one drink can have.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/2018\/11\/18\/06\/23\/60-minutes-sonia-saxena-alcohol-drinking-study-beer-wine-health#_=_&quot;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For complete story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Sonia Saxena, one of the authors of the controversial study, tells 60 Minutes that most people are not actually aware of the serious health effects that just one drink can have. \u201cEspecially in older generations, alcohol&#8217;s responsible for about 25 percent of deaths in women. 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