An analysis of the presence of alcohol amongst 406 cases of violent accident or suicide (excluding road traffic accidents and drug overdoses) showed a basic association between alcohol and accident as opposed to suicide. A positive blood alcohol was noticeably more frequent in men. There were also definite characteristics of the differing forms of violent death as regards suicide, accident, alcoholism, drugs and the sexes.
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