Table 6.

Summary of Findings Across Published Literature on Racial/Ethnic Differences in Overall Alcohol-attributable Injury and Percent Blood Alcohol Content Positivity Comparing Racial/Ethnic Minorities With Non-Hispanic Whites in the United States

	Black	Native American	Asian	Hispanic
Overall Alcohol-attributable Injury
Motor vehicle crash	Study results mixed: some finding equal, if not higher, rates compared with whites; national data finding lower rates compared with whites	Highest rates	Lowest rates	Study results mixed: some finding equal, if not higher, rates compared with whites; national data finding lower rates compared with whites
Homicide	Highest rates	Higher rates than for whites, Hispanics, and Asians; lower than for blacks	Lowest rates	Higher rates than for whites, lower than for blacks
Suicide	Rate lower than that for whites	No reliable data; available data suggesting high rates	Lowest rates	Rate lower than that for whites
Other	Higher rate of emergency department visits and alcohol poisoning death compared with whites	Highest rate of falls, similar rate of drowning and poisoning compared with whites	Similar rate of drowning compared with whites, higher rate of falls compared with Hispanics	Higher rate of emergency department visits and alcohol poisoning death compared with whites
Percent Blood Alcohol Content Positive Among Injury Fatalities
Motor vehicle crash	Percentage similar, if not higher, than that for whites	Highest percentage	Lowest percentage	Percentage generally higher than that for whites
Homicide	Percentage generally higher than that for whites, lower than that for Hispanics	No data available	Lowest percentage	Highest percentage
Suicide	Percentage generally lower than that for whites	Highest percentage	Lowest percentage	Percentage generally higher than that for whites
Other	No data available	No data available	No data available	No data available