Not exact matches
The new study looked at the relationship
between alcohol policies in place and the likelihood of alcohol involvement (either up to the legal limit of 0.08 or above that limit) among the 27,000
victims of
homicide from 17 U.S. states
between 2003 and 2012.
In the U.S.,
between 40 and 50 percent of
homicides involve the use of alcohol by either the
victim or perpetrator, and more than half involve people who are significantly impaired by alcohol, which means that their blood alcohol levels are at or above 0.08 percent, the legal limit for driving.
DALYs, aptly enough, rhymes with tallies, and the metric allowed important new comparisons: not only
between what kills you and what merely makes you sick, but also
between, say, life in Latin America and the Caribbean;
between homicide and heart disease
victims; and
between the relative risks of iron deficiency and alcohol abuse.
In this study, the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCI) examined data on the
victims and perpetrators of all
homicides in England and Wales
between January, 2003 and December, 2005.