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ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2017

Alcohol use among fatally injured victims in São Paulo, Brazil: bridging the gap between research and health services in developing countries.

Gabriel Andreuccetti, Vilma Leyton, Nikolas P Lemos, Ivan Dieb Miziara, Yu Ye, Juliana Takitane, Daniel Romero Munoz, Arthur L Reingold, Cheryl J Cherpitel, Heraclito Barbosa de Carvalho

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Article in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Gabriel AndreuccettiUniversity of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
Vilma LeytonUniversity of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
Nikolas P LemosForensic Laboratory Division, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Ivan Dieb MiziaraUniversity of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
Yu YeAlcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Juliana TakitaneUniversity of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
Daniel Romero MunozUniversity of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
Arthur L ReingoldSchool of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Cheryl J CherpitelAlcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA, USA.
Heraclito Barbosa de CarvalhoUniversity of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRAlcohol Research Group · USOffice of the Chief Medical Examiner · CAUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Cross-National Analysis of Alcohol & InjuryR01AA013750 · NIAAA · PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE · PI CHERPITEL, CHERYL J · 2002 to 2018
$4.4M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA013750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsMost studies reporting alcohol use among fatally injured victims are subject to bias, particularly those related to sample selection and to absence of injury context data. We developed a research method to estimate the prevalence of alcohol consumption and test correlates of alcohol use prior to fatal injuries. DESIGN, SETTING AND

participantsCross-sectional study based on a probability sample of fatally injured adult victims (n = 365) autopsied in São Paulo, Brazil. Victims were sampled within systematically selected 8-hour sampling blocks, generating a representative sample of fatal injuries occurring during all hours of the day for each day of the week between June 2014 and December 2015. MEASUREMENTS: The presence of alcohol and blood alcohol concentration (BAC) were the primary outcomes evaluated according to victims' socio-demographic, injury context data (type, day, time and injury place) and criminal history characteristics.

findingsAlcohol was detected in 30.1% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 25.6-35.1)] of the victims, with a mean blood alcohol level (BAC) level of 0.11% w/v (95% CI = 0.09-0.13) among alcohol-positive cases. Black and mixed race victims presented a higher mean BAC than white victims (P = 0.03). Fewer than one in every six suicides tested positive for alcohol, while almost half of traffic-related casualties were alcohol-positive. Having suffered traffic-related injuries, particularly those involving vehicle crashes, and injuries occurring during weekends and at night were associated significantly with alcohol use before injury (P < 0.05).

conclusionsNearly one-third of fatal injuries in São Paulo between June 2014 and December 2015 were alcohol-related, with traffic accidents showing a greater association with alcohol use than other injuries. The sampling methodology tested here, including the possibility of adding injury context data to improve population-based estimates of alcohol use before fatal injury, appears to be a reliable and lower-cost strategy for avoiding biases common in death investigations.

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Developing CountriesAccidents, TrafficAdultAlcohol DrinkingAutopsyBlack PeopleBlood Alcohol ContentBrazilCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth ServicesHomicideHumansMalePrevalenceResearchBlood Alcohol ContentAlcoholBACBrazildeathsinjuriestoxicology

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