External causes related to alcohol registered by the Institute of Forensic Medicine in the city of Rio de Janeiro

This research aimed to identify risk factors associated with the circumstances involving blood alcohol in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the period 1998−2005. The variables used for the cases considered positive with blood alcohol measurement taking into account the limit set by the Brazilian Traffic Code in effect during the period (≥0.6 g/L) were Human Development Index (HDI) 2000, the incidents recorded by the Institute of Forensic Medicine, average age, average alcohol concentration of victims. The variable average alcohol concentration was significant (p