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Fatal alcohol intoxication in women: A forensic autopsy study from Slovakia

BACKGROUND: Plenty of information related to alcoholism can be found in the literature, however, the studies have mostly dealt with the predominance of male alcoholism and data related to addiction in women are desperately scarce and difficult to find. Basic demographic data focusing on the impact o...

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Autores principales: Straka, Lubomir, Zubor, Pavol, Novomesky, Frantisek, Stuller, Frantisek, Krajcovic, Jozef, Kajo, Karol, Danko, Jan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22168833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-924
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author Straka, Lubomir
Zubor, Pavol
Novomesky, Frantisek
Stuller, Frantisek
Krajcovic, Jozef
Kajo, Karol
Danko, Jan
author_facet Straka, Lubomir
Zubor, Pavol
Novomesky, Frantisek
Stuller, Frantisek
Krajcovic, Jozef
Kajo, Karol
Danko, Jan
author_sort Straka, Lubomir
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description BACKGROUND: Plenty of information related to alcoholism can be found in the literature, however, the studies have mostly dealt with the predominance of male alcoholism and data related to addiction in women are desperately scarce and difficult to find. Basic demographic data focusing on the impact of acute alcohol intoxication on the circumstances of death and social behaviour in the alcohol addicted female population are needed especially in the prevention of alcohol related mortality. METHODS: A retrospective forensic autopsy study of all accidental deaths due to alcohol intoxication over a 12-year period was performed in order to evaluate the locations, circumstances, mechanisms and causes of death. RESULTS: A sample of 171 cases of intoxicated women who died due to blood alcohol concentration (BAC) equal to or higher than 2 g/kg was selected. Among them 36.26% (62/171) of women died due to acute alcohol intoxication (AAI). We noted an increase in the number of deaths in women due to AAI from 2 in 1994 up to 5 in 2005 (an elevation of 150% between the years 1994-2005). The age structure of deaths in women due to BAC and AAI followed the Gaussian distribution with a dominant group of women aged 41-50 years (45.16% and 35.09% respectively). The most frequent place of death (98%) among women intoxicated by alcohol was their own home. The study suggests a close connection between AAI and violence against women. CONCLUSIONS: The increasing number of cases of death of women suffering from AAI has drawn attention to the serious problem of alcoholism in women in the Slovak Republic during the process of integration into "western" lifestyle and culture.
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spelling pubmed-32591152012-01-17 Fatal alcohol intoxication in women: A forensic autopsy study from Slovakia Straka, Lubomir Zubor, Pavol Novomesky, Frantisek Stuller, Frantisek Krajcovic, Jozef Kajo, Karol Danko, Jan BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Plenty of information related to alcoholism can be found in the literature, however, the studies have mostly dealt with the predominance of male alcoholism and data related to addiction in women are desperately scarce and difficult to find. Basic demographic data focusing on the impact of acute alcohol intoxication on the circumstances of death and social behaviour in the alcohol addicted female population are needed especially in the prevention of alcohol related mortality. METHODS: A retrospective forensic autopsy study of all accidental deaths due to alcohol intoxication over a 12-year period was performed in order to evaluate the locations, circumstances, mechanisms and causes of death. RESULTS: A sample of 171 cases of intoxicated women who died due to blood alcohol concentration (BAC) equal to or higher than 2 g/kg was selected. Among them 36.26% (62/171) of women died due to acute alcohol intoxication (AAI). We noted an increase in the number of deaths in women due to AAI from 2 in 1994 up to 5 in 2005 (an elevation of 150% between the years 1994-2005). The age structure of deaths in women due to BAC and AAI followed the Gaussian distribution with a dominant group of women aged 41-50 years (45.16% and 35.09% respectively). The most frequent place of death (98%) among women intoxicated by alcohol was their own home. The study suggests a close connection between AAI and violence against women. CONCLUSIONS: The increasing number of cases of death of women suffering from AAI has drawn attention to the serious problem of alcoholism in women in the Slovak Republic during the process of integration into "western" lifestyle and culture. BioMed Central 2011-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3259115/ /pubmed/22168833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-924 Text en Copyright ©2011 Straka et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Danko, Jan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259115/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-924
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