Age, alcohol and violent death: a postmortem study.

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Abstract
A detailed examination of the files of the medical examiner''s office of Erie County, New York [USA], 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 yr, 42.7% of these violent deaths were alcohol related compared with 51.1% of those aged 20-24 yr, 48.6% of those 25-34 yr, 49.1% of those 35-44 yr and 47.2% of those 45-54 yr. Alcohol is apparently involved to a considerable extent in all major categories of violent death for all age cohorts, especially for traffic accident victims aged 35 yr and under.

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