Table 5 The blood alcohol content of female homicidal strangulation cases (N = 181)
| BAC level (g/100 ml) |
Johannesburg % (n) |
Durban % (n) |
Cape Town % (n) |
Pretoria % (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero | 70.6 (36) | 77.8 (21) | 54.8 (40) | 70 (21) |
| Legal limit (< 0.05 g/100 ml) | 5.9 (3) | 3.7 (1) | 0 (0) | 3.3 (1) |
| Illegal limit (≥ 0.05 g/100 ml) | 23.5 (12) | 18.5 (5) | 45.2 (33) | 26.7 (8) |