Injuries due to deliberate violence in areas of Denmark. IV. Alcohol intoxication in victims of violence. The Copenhagen Study Group.
A material of 1316 victims of deliberate violence was collected prospectively during a one year period in three Danish emergency wards covering a provincial/rural area and two metropolitan areas. The frequency of alcohol intoxication was determined. Forty-one percent of the patients were intoxicated. The highest frequency was found in male victims, in the provincial/rural area, in restaurants or their vicinity, in the age group 35-49, during evenings and nights and in May. It is difficult to indicate specific preventive measures. However, a more restrictive attitude is suggested with regard to serving alcohol to intoxicated persons in restaurants.
Albrektsen
S B
SB
Department of Dermatovenerology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thomsen
J L
JL
Aalund
O
O
Breiting
V B
VB
Danielsen
L
L
Helweg-Larsen
K
K
Jacobsen
J
J
Kjaerulff
H
H
Staugaard
H
H
D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014754:Violence