TY - JOUR PY - 1985// TI - Risk of fatal alcohol poisoning by marital and occupational status JO - Alcohol and alcoholism A1 - Poikolainen, Kari A1 - Vuori, Erkki SP - 329 EP - 332 VL - 20 IS - 3 N2 - Mortality from alcohol poisoning was studied by age, sex, marital status and occupation in Finland in 1978-1982. Of 1204 fatal alcohol poisonings, 76 were due to methanol, isopropanol, ethylene glycol, or combinations of these, the rest being due to ethanol. Males predominated: the percentage of females was 11%. Mortality was highest among persons aged 45-54 years. The risk of fatal poisoning differed by marital status and was inversely related to socio-economic level. Thus, among males aged 30-59 years, the age-adjusted risk of death among divorced pensioners was 15 times that of married men in upper-stratum occupations. If all males were at risk equal to that for married upper-stratum men, the annual number of fatal alcohol poisonings among males would decrease by 67%.

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