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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Sep 12;192:172–178. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.07.033

Table 1.

Alcohol-related injury by cause across 32 emergency department (ED) sites in 28 countries.

N’s (all ) % self report drinking (current drinkers)
Region Country City/Study, Year Sites Traffic Violence Falls Other Trafic Violence Falls Other
Africa Mozam bique Maputo, 2001 1 113 108 103 136 34.7 44.9 16.0 15.4
South Africa Cape Town, 2001 1 93 286 30 56 71.7 88.2 80.6 48.8
Tanzania Moshi, 2013 1 375 75 37 29 49.7 69.4 54.6 7.1
Asia/Pacific Australia Fremantle, 1997 1 63 71 128 402 26.5 63.6 23.4 19.0
China Changsha, 2001 1 190 118 91 134 15.1 45.4 24.9 14.7
5 Cities, 2009a 5 573 370 683 920 39.1 56.9 66.7 36.2
India Bangalore, 2001 1 92 188 39 228 86.7 84.5 76.9 62.2
Korea 5 Cities, 2007–09b 6 481 146 583 843 19.1 74.2 40.4 24.5
New Zealand Auckland, 2000 1 24 26 52 55 60.0 89.1 32.9 29.0
Auckland, 2015–16 1 57 48 153 229 10.2 73.3 24.0 18.1
Taiwan Taipei, 2009–10 2 426 65 253 295 3.4 34.2 19.9 10.9
Europe Belarus Minsk, 2001 1 18 45 182 217 6.3 81.4 28.2 30.7
Czch Republic Prague, 2001 1 39 18 259 195 2.8 31.3 5.4 11.9
Ireland 5 Cities, 2003–04c 6 188 250 826 831 18.0 74.1 29.5 12.3
Poland Warsaw/Sosno wiec, 2002–03 2 59 53 227 206 11.1 63.3 3.5 14.6
Sweden Malmü, 2001 1 106 35 214 143 7.6 60.0 13.4 19.1
Switzerland Lausanne, 2006–07 1 42 38 145 182 26.7 71.4 25.2 11.9
North America Canada Orangeville (ON), 2002 1 29 2 63 128 3.6 100.0 2.0 10.5
Vancouver, 2009 2 22 18 51 94 27.8 83.3 36.6 13.3
Vancouver/Victoria, 2013–15 3 95 97 449 555 8.7 42.2 20.6 13.1
Mexico Pachuca, 1996–97 3 87 93 85 224 37.6 54.5 33.5 10.3
Mexico City, 2002 1 44 72 186 159 22.6 59.3 13.0 18.4
United States Santa Clara (CA), 1995–96 1 31 24 35 63 18.4 63.2 28.4 7.8
Central/South America Argentina Mar Del Plata, 2001 2 160 98 194 233 26.1 56.2 28.3 18.0
Brazil São Paulo, 2001 1 82 45 160 213 32.1 47.1 6.6 11.4
Costa Rica San Jose, 2012 2 211 90 433 287 14.1 51.4 11.0 9.7
Dom.Republic Santo Domingo, 2010 1 220 95 80 110 24.7 35.0 13.3 23
Guatamala Guatamala City, 2011 1 120 130 152 143 40.3 58.3 23.9 14.5
Guyana Georgetown, 2010 1 86 217 69 116 22.6 35.8 18.6 18.4
Nicaragua Managua, 2010 2 110 187 118 135 32.6 57.1 27.0 41.2
Panama 3 Cities, 2010d 3 103 90 128 184 41.3 54.1 25.7 16.3
Trinidad/Tobago 4 Cities, 2015e 4 39 56 60 99 42.9 34.2 31.6 14.3
a

Beijing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Hengyang, and Changsha.

b

Kyonggi, Seoul, Suwon, Chuncheon, and Donggu.

c

Dublin, Galway, Letterkenny, Sligo, and Waterford.

d

La Chorrera, Colon, and Vearaguas.

e

Mount Hope, San Fernando, Port-of-Spain, and Scarborough.