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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Oct 17;36(1):104–112. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01593.x

Table 4.

Estimated Relative Risk of Hospitalized Injury by Whether Alcohol-Positive, Type of Injury, and Drinker Class

Alcohol-Positive Alcohol-Negative
ANY INJURY
 Regular heavy drinker 4.33 1.36
 Other person age 18 and over 6.76 1.00
BURN
 Regular heavy drinker 2.70 0.85
 Other person age 18 and over 3.31 1.00
SPINAL CORD INJURY
 Regular heavy drinker 5.20 1.63
 Other person age 18 and over 13.60 1.00

Note: Estimated using equations 1 and 3 with 27% of all injuries alcohol-involved from Table 3, 56.7% of heavy drinkers’ injuries alcohol-involved, a 1.82 relative risk of injury for heavy drinkers versus other people, 53% of the alcohol consumed by the 9% of people ages 18 and over who are regular heavy or dependent drinkers, and metabolism rates of 0.675 ounces of absolute ethanol per hour for regular heavy or dependent drinkers and 0.45 ounces per hour for other drinkers.