Age, alcohol and violent death: a postmortem study. Journal of studies on alcohol. [J Stud Alcohol] Journal article

Title	Age, alcohol and violent death: a postmortem study.
Author(s)	Abel EL, Zeidenberg P
Source	J Stud Alcohol 1985 May; 46(3):228-31.
MeSH	Accidents, Traffic Adolescent Adult Age Factors Alcoholic Intoxication Alcoholism Ethanol Female Forensic Medicine Homicide Humans Male Middle Aged Sex Factors Suicide Violence Wounds and Injuries
Abstract	A detailed examination of the files of the medical examiner's office of Erie County, New York, for 1973-1983 inclusive was conducted with respect to cause of death, age of victim and presence of alcohol in the blood at time of death. In 48.6% of the traffic accidents the victim had been drinking compared with 38.9% miscellaneous accidents (e.g., drowning, falling), 45.2% homicides and 35.4% suicides. Among those aged 15-19, 42.7% of these violent deaths were alcohol related compared with 51.1% of those aged 20-24, 48.6% of those 25-34, 49.1% of those 35-44 and 47.2% of those 45-54. The data indicate that alcohol is involved to a considerable extent in all major categories of violent death for all age cohorts, especially for traffic accident victims aged 35 and under.
Language	eng
Pub Type(s)	Journal Article
PubMed ID	4010300

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