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Table 5 The blood alcohol content of female homicidal strangulation cases (N = 181)

From: Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa

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)