Key Points

• Alcohol consumption, among both 17-year-olds and adults aged 18 to 75, was lower in the Île-de-France (IDF) region in 2017 than in other metropolitan regions.

• Among those aged 18–75, daily consumption was higher among men, those aged 61–75, and high-income earners (top third). Heavy episodic drinking during the year was more common among men, those aged 18–45, and those who refused to report their income (likely low-income earners).

• The prevalence of daily alcohol consumption among those aged 18–75 decreased between 2000 and 2017 (from 20% to 6%) in the Île-de-France region. A more recent and less pronounced decrease was observed for monthly heavy episodic drinking (from 16% in 2010 to 14% in 2017).

• Regional estimates of alcohol-related cancer incidence (2007–2016) in the Paris region show a lower incidence of lip, mouth, and pharynx (LMP) cancers and esophageal cancer among men, and an incidence comparable to the national average among women.

• There is a lower mortality rate for LBP, esophageal, and laryngeal cancers among men and a mortality rate comparable to the metropolitan average for these same cancers among women.