Alcohol use and traffic accidents: a study of alcohol levels

Authors

  • Ângela Maria Mendes Abreu Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery
  • Jose Mauro Braz de Lima Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Faculdade de Medicina
  • Ligia Neres Matos Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery
  • Sandra Cristina Pillon Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000700005

Keywords:

Mortality, Accidents, Traffic, Alcoholism, Alcoholic Beverages

Abstract

This was an exploratory, descriptive study that aimed to correlate alcohol levels detected in fatal victims of traffic accidents, in Rio de Janeiro city, with the victims profile and the characteristics of the accident. The data were retrieved from the registers of the Legal Medicine Institute/IML, through the registers of the medical records of the fatal victims of traffic accidents. Compiled and tabulated using the Statistics Program SPSS, for the period between January and May 2005, 348 fatal victims of traffic accidents were reported. Of these victims, 94 had been tested for alcohol, of these, 83 had levels of alcohol detected, 60.2% presented levels above 0.6g/l blood. The use of alcohol was evident, at levels above and below 0.6g per liter of blood, in the cases of fatal victims of traffic accidents.

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Published

2010-06-01

Issue

Vol. 18 (2010): Número Especial

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Abreu, Ângela M. M., Lima, J. M. B. de, Matos, L. N., & Pillon, S. C. (2010). Alcohol use and traffic accidents: a study of alcohol levels . Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 18(spe), 513-520. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000700005