Alcohol and drugs in drivers fatally injured in traffic accidents in Sweden during the years 2000-2002 |
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| Authors: | Holmgren Per Holmgren Anita Ahlner Johan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratório de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami (LIKA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, Campus da UFPE, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil;2. Laboratório de Perícia e Pesquisa em Genética Forense (LPPGF), Gerência Geral de Polícia Científica – GGPOC, Estrada da Batalha s/n, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, PE, Brazil;3. Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s/n, Campus da UFPE, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil;1. Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman, Bât B23, 4000 Liège, Belgium;2. Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman, Bât B35, 4000 Liège, Belgium;3. Geriatric Department, CHU Sart-Tilman, Bât B35, 4000 Liège, Belgium;1. Microanalysis Laboratory, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt;2. Applied Organic Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt;3. Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | During the years 2000-2002, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs were analysed in blood samples from fatally injured drivers in Sweden. The total number of drivers was 920 and in 855 of these, corresponding to 93%, a toxicological investigation was performed. About 85% of the drivers were men and 15% were women. All but three women (96%) were car drivers while the corresponding figure for men was about 78% and about 13% were motorcyclists. The number of positive cases increased from 38.9% in year 2000 to 45.9% in year 2002 and alcohol was the most common drug with frequencies of 19.8%, 25.0% and 21.8% for the studied years 2000, 2001 and 2002, respectively. The median blood alcohol concentration ranged from 1.6 to 2.0mg/mL for men and from 1.2 to 1.8 mg/mL for women. There was a decrease in cases where alcohol was the only drug detected, from 52 out of 58 cases (90%) in year 2000 to 41 out of 61 cases (67%) in 2002. At the same time there was an increase, from 5.4% to 10.0% of illicit drugs, mainly amphetamine, and the cases with multiple drug intake increased from 10% to 26%. The prevalence of pharmaceuticals as the only drug or drugs detected decreased from 14.0% to 10.4% and in the majority of these cases the drug concentrations were within the therapeutic range. |
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