Drinking and Recreational Boating Fatalities

Smith, Gordon S.; Keyl, Penelope M.; Hadley, Jeffrey A.; Bartley, Christopher L.; Foss, Robert D.; Tolbert, W G; McKnight, James

doi:10.1001/jama.286.23.2974

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“…(Keall et al, 2004)), medical record/coroner’s file review (e.g. (Smith et al, 2001), or combination of the two (e.g. (Zador et al, 2000)).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Alcohol has been shown to be causal for a wide range of injuries through a number of studies, including cross-sectional (Watt et al, 2005, Vingilis et al, 2007, Goodman et al, 1991, Malmivaara et al, 1993, Ivers et al, 2006), case-crossover (Borges et al, 2006, Vinson et al, 2003), and case-control analyses (Peck et al, 2008, Smith et al, 2001, Hingson and Howland, 1993). The most important relationship, however, from a burden of disease, risk relationship, and public health standpoint, is the risk of injury from alcohol-attributable motor vehicle accidents (MVA).…”

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The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Fatal Motor Vehicle Injury: High Risk at Low Alcohol Levels

Taylor

Rehm

2012

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background Alcohol consumption causes motor vehicle accident (MVA) injury in a dose-response fashion. However, the relationship between how this risk is different with respect to fatal and non-fatal outcomes is not clear. A meta-analysis has already been completed for alcohol and consumption and non-fatal MVA injury, but none exists for fatal injury. Thus, an analysis of the acute dose-response relationship between alcohol and motor vehicle injury death is warranted to generate single occasion- and dose-specific relative risks for the first time. Methods A systematic literature review and inverse-variance weighted, random effects meta-analysis was conducted to fill this gap. Fractional polynomial regression was used to model the dose-response relationship. Usual tests of heterogeneity and publication bias were run. Results Five studies meeting the inclusion criteria of this analysis were selected. At all levels of BAC, the odds ratio (OR) of fatal motor vehicle injury was significant. Overall, the 5 combined studies yielded an OR of fatal injury of 1.74 (95% CI: 1.43 – 2.14) for every 0.02% increase in BAC. At 0.08, the legal limit in most countries, the OR was 13.0 (95% CI: 11.1 – 15.2). Conclusions This study is able to definitively show and quantify, for the first time, the significantly increased OR for fatal motor vehicle injury. This analysis showed some evidence of both study heterogeneity and publication bias, likely due to the increased variation we could expect from a small study number. The alcohol-caused fatal motor vehicle injury literature is sparse with respect to dose-response information. More studies investigating this relationship and other injury types are recommended in this area to be able to calculate stable estimates of risk overall and by injury type specifically.

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“…(Keall et al, 2004)), medical record/coroner’s file review (e.g. (Smith et al, 2001), or combination of the two (e.g. (Zador et al, 2000)).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Fatal Motor Vehicle Injury: High Risk at Low Alcohol Levels

Taylor

Rehm

2012

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…Alcohol has historically played a large role in recreational boating with estimates suggesting that as many as 30-40% of boaters drink alcohol while on the water (Howland et al 1991(Howland et al , 1995Logan et al 1999;Miller and Pikora 2008;Smith et al 2001). Research on Boating Under the Influence consistently indicates that alcohol and drugs can severely impair one's ability to operate a boating vessel and is the leading cause in both boating accidents and fatalities (Glover et al 1995;Howland et al 1993;Lawrence et al 2006;Smith et al 2001;Talley 1994).…”

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“…Research on Boating Under the Influence consistently indicates that alcohol and drugs can severely impair one's ability to operate a boating vessel and is the leading cause in both boating accidents and fatalities (Glover et al 1995;Howland et al 1993;Lawrence et al 2006;Smith et al 2001;Talley 1994). Howland and colleagues (1993) estimates that as many as 60% of boating fatalities (including falling overboard) are alcohol related.…”

Section: Boating Under the Influencementioning

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Keeping it Between the Buoys: Assessing Self-Reported Boating Under the Influence (BUI) in a Young Adult Population

Miller

Stogner

2014

Deviant Behavior

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Boating Under the Influence (BUI) has recently become a topic of significant concern. Employing a sample of 1,082 young adult boaters, we explore demographic characteristics of those who seek various levels of intoxication while boating and apply several of the leading criminological theories to the study of BUI. We evaluate self-report measures of intoxicated boating, buzzed boating, and BUI. Results indicate that social learning theory and low self-control are leading predictors of BUI. We conclude that given the social nature and cultural acceptance of drinking while boating, simply lowering the blood alcohol content legal limit may not solve the BUI problem.

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“…Despite the fact that alcohol has been found to increase the risk of drowning for persons in boats regardless of whether the boat is moving or stationary, 15 alcohol-related offences are generally restricted to operating, driving, or navigating vessels. From the perspective of prevention, the ideal legislation would stipulate BAC limits that apply to all persons aboard any vessel that is on the water.…”

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Legislative and regulatory measures for preventing alcohol‐related drownings and near‐drownings

Diplock

Jamrozik

2006

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Drinking and Recreational Boating Fatalities

Cited by 84 publications

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The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Fatal Motor Vehicle Injury: High Risk at Low Alcohol Levels

The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Fatal Motor Vehicle Injury: High Risk at Low Alcohol Levels

Keeping it Between the Buoys: Assessing Self-Reported Boating Under the Influence (BUI) in a Young Adult Population

Legislative and regulatory measures for preventing alcohol‐related drownings and near‐drownings

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