Blood Alcohol Levels in a Series of Injured Patients With Special Reference to Accident and Type of Injury

Blood alcohol was determined in 1012 injury victims. It was found that the alcohol involvement (AI) rate was 37% in the total number of patients, 19% in industrial, 38% in traffic, 36% in home, 45% in other freetime accidents, & 69% in the victims of fights, assaults, & suicide attempts. The most common external cause of injury was falling (447 cases) with an AI rate of 38%, while the 172 other non-traffic true accident cases had a rate of 24%. et al.