Jaffe Dena H, Savitsky Bella, Zaistev Konstantin, Hiss Jehuda, Peleg Kobi
Israel National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Public Health Policy, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Isr Med Assoc J. 2009 Dec;11(12):725-9.
The role of alcohol in driver fatalities in Israel is unknown, and monitoring blood alcohol concentration among drivers is not routine. Moreover, over the past decade, self-reported access to and consumption of alcohol in Israel has been on the rise.
To use available data to characterize alcohol-related driver fatalities.
The prevalence of alcohol-related driver fatalities were estimated for 443 drivers, aged 17+ years, using data from Israel's National Center for Forensic Medicine for 2000-2004.
Between 8% and 17% of driver fatalities had a BAC > or = 0.05 g/dl. Most drivers with alcohol exceeding this level were males aged 21-30 years who died on weekends. Recreational and/or medicinal drugs were found in 6%-11% of driver fatalities. Mean BAC among driver fatalities with BAC > or = 0.05 g/dl was threefold higher than the legal driving limit and appears to be increasing with time.
In light of the evidence suggesting an increasing mean BAC over time as well as reported increasing trends in access to alcohol and consumption, this study should serve as a basis for future research to comprehensively characterize the extent of this problem.
酒精在以色列驾驶员死亡事件中所起的作用尚不清楚，而且对驾驶员进行血液酒精浓度监测并非常规做法。此外，在过去十年中，以色列自我报告的酒精获取和消费情况一直在增加。
利用现有数据描述与酒精相关的驾驶员死亡情况。
利用以色列国家法医学中心2000 - 2004年的数据，对443名17岁及以上的驾驶员中与酒精相关的死亡发生率进行了估计。
8%至17%的驾驶员死亡案例血液酒精浓度（BAC）≥0.05克/分升。大多数血液酒精含量超过此水平的驾驶员为21至30岁的男性，他们在周末死亡。在6%至11%的驾驶员死亡案例中发现了消遣性和/或药用药物。血液酒精浓度≥0.05克/分升的驾驶员死亡案例中的平均血液酒精浓度比法定驾驶限制高三倍，且似乎随时间推移在上升。
鉴于有证据表明平均血液酒精浓度随时间增加，以及报告的酒精获取和消费呈上升趋势，本研究应作为未来研究全面描述该问题严重程度的基础。
