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Table 2 Unintentional drownings, 2000–2013, by months and BAC

From: Epidemiology of alcohol-related unintentional drowning: is post-mortem ethanol production a real challenge?

Months of death

No of cases

BAC 0 mg/dL (%)

0 < BAC < 50 mg/dL (%)

BAC ≥ 50 mg/dL (%)

January–April

99

56 (56.6)

4 (4.0)

39 (39.4)

May–August

687

207 (30.1)

20 (2.9)

460 (67.0)

September–December

181

81 (44.8)

4 (2.2)

96 (53.0)

Total

967

344 (35.6)

28 (2.9)

595 (61.5)

  1. BAC blood alcohol concentration