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Table 3 Sex specific proportions (%) of burn mortality by blood alcohol content (BAC) and by age (N = 467)

From: Demographic and circumstantial accounts of burn mortality in Cape Town, South Africa, 2001-2004: An observational register based study

  

Age group (in years)

 

BAC Level

0-15

16-24

25-38

39-50

51+

Undetermined

All ages

Male

≥ 0.05 g/100 ml*

0.0 (0)

54.0 (34)

75.0 (126)

72.7 (48)

56.2 (9)

58.8 (20)

64.6 (237)

 

< 0.05 g/100 ml

100.0 (20)

46.0 (29)

25.0 (42)

27.3 (18)

43.8 (7)

41.2 (14)

35.4 (130)

Female

≥ 0.05 g/100 ml

0.0 (0)

43.8 (7)

68.6 (24)

78.3 (18)

50.0 (6)

71.4 (5)

60.0 (60)

 

< 0.05 g/100 ml

100.0 (7)

56.2 (9)

31.4 (11)

21.7 (5)

50.0 (6)

28.6 (2)

40.0 (40)

  1. * The Table represents the % of male and female fatalities that reported a BAC above or below the legal blood alcohol limit for driving in South Africa.