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Mortality in a sample of convicted drinking drivers
Author(s) -
MANN ROBERT E.,
ANGLIN LISE,
WILKINS KARL,
VINGILIS EVELYN R.,
MACDONALD SCOTT
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02076.x
Subject(s) - demography , excess mortality , injury prevention , poison control , mortality rate , medicine , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , standardized mortality ratio , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Mortality rates for 639 drinking drivers were calculated. The sample consisted of all individuals convicted of a second offence in two Ontario cities (Oshawa and North Bay) between 1973 and late 1978. There were 53 deaths (51 males, 2 females) in the sample prior to the end of 1986. Among males, significant excess total mortality was observed (Standardized Mortality Ratio = 1.7); similar trends were observed among females. Age‐related excess mortality and excess mortality by cause were strikingly similar to mortality patterns observed among alcoholics.