Table 1 Presence of alcohol and drugs at the time of death by race/ethnicity.

	White (non‐Hispanic) %	Black (non‐Hispanic) %	Hispanic %	Other (non‐Hispanic) %
Decedents tested	n = 5797	n = 501	n = 257	n = 310
Alcohol	74.9	89.8	76.3	72.6
Amphetamines	38.1	40.5	45.5	33.9
Cocaine	47.4	63.5	57.2	43.9
Opiates	44.6	52.5	50.6	39.7
Marijuana	28.2	29.1	39.3	22.6
Antidepressants	38.2	36.7	41.6	32.9
Toxicology tests
Alcohol	n = 4342	n = 450	n = 196	n = 225
Present*	34.3	25.6	40.3	28.4
Average BAC†‡	0.13	0.10	0.14	0.13
Amphetamines	n = 2211	n = 203	n = 117	n = 105
Present	4.3	0.5	5.1	3.8
Cocaine	n = 2748	n = 318	n = 147	n = 136
Present*	8.5	17.3	17.7	9.6
Opiates	n = 2587	n = 263	n = 130	n = 123
Present*	17.9	8.0	10.0	13.0
Marijuana	n = 1634	n = 146	n = 101	n = 70
Present	8.1	12.3	8.9	4.3
Antidepressants	n = 2215	n = 184	n = 107	n = 102
Present*	26.8	14.7	10.3	16.7
Family/friends assessment	n = 5797	n = 501	n = 257	n = 310
Alcohol problem*	17.5	8.6	19.1	17.4
Other substance abuse problem	14.0	14.6	17.1	10.3

*χ² tests of differences significant at 0.05 or less.

†Kruskal‐Wallis test significant at 0.05 or less.

‡Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) reported as g/dl for those with “present” results. Twenty three “present” cases had no numeric BAC level reported.