title: Alcoholism and mortality in Otago.
abstract: A series of 1574 coroner's necropsies in Otago have been reviewed from the point of view of alcohol involvement. Alcohol was found to be a significant factor in 12.2 percent of the total and 32.1 percent of the unnatural deaths over the age of 15.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000401:mortality*; D004332:Drowning; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D011041:Poisoning; D014947:Wounds and Injuries