Evaluation of alcohol concentrations in samples referred to the forensic Laboratory in Baghdad

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 3 Relation of type of death with the studied variables

Variable	Total No.	Type of death				Significance
		Natural		Traumatic
		No. 261	Percent 20.5	No. 1014	Percent 79.5
Age (years)^a:
<25	156	25	16.0	131	84.0	X² = 19.196 df = 4 P = 0.001
25–34	317	55	17.4	262	82.6
35–44	304	52	17.1	252	82.9
45–54	257	57	22.2	200	77.8
≥55	238	71	29.8	167	70.2
Total	1272	260	20.4	1012	79.6
Sex:
Females	139	12	8.6	127	91.4	X² = 13.43 df = 1 P = 0.00001
Males	1136	249	21.9	887	78.1	X² = 13.43 df = 1 P = 0.00001
Month of death:
July	165	31	18.8	134	81.2	X² = 4.99 df = 5 P = 0.42
August	326	56	17.2	270	82.8
September	232	47	20.3	185	79.7
October	176	39	22.2	137	77.8
November	210	51	24.3	159	75.7
December	166	37	22.3	129	77.7