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Table 5 Alcohol content in victims

From: Trends of homicidal deaths in central Bangkok, Thailand: a 5-year retrospective study

Year

Blood alcohol content positive (%)

Intoxicated (> 50 mg%) (% of positive cases)

Intoxicated (> 150 mg%) (% of positive cases)

Average blood alcohol content of those with alcohol content (SD) (mg%)

2009 (n = 28)

11 (39.3%)

9 (81.8%)

2 (18.2%)

108.77 (85.4)

2010 (n = 30)

7 (23.3%)

6 (85.7%)

2 (28.6%)

128.96 (86.7)

2011 (n = 22)

4 (18.2%)

3 (75.0%)

2 (50.0%)

167.06 (101.5)

2012 (n = 22)

8 (36.4%)

4 (75.0%)

4 (50.0%)

181.91 (154.3)

2013 (n = 17)

2 (11.8%)

2 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

82.86 (23.6)

Total (n = 119)

32 (26.9%)

24 (75.0%)

10 (31.3%)

137.14 (106.4)

  1. Note: As defined in Thailand the range legally defined for intoxication is > 50 mg%, and the range medically defined is > 150 mg%