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A cohort study of drink-driving motor vehicle crashes and alcohol-related diseases
Mark Stevenson1, Peter D'Alessandro, Jack Bourke
1Injury Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009. marks@dph.uwa.edu.au
Objectives:
To elicit whether drivers involved in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes are more likely to have future alcohol-related hospital admissions.
Method:
A population-based cohort study of 3,286 drivers involved in a motor vehicle crash between 1988 and 1992 were followed over an eight to 13-year period.
Results:
The findings from the study suggest a twofold increased risk associated with an alcohol-related motor vehicle crash and future alcohol-related hospital admission. The average time between an alcohol-related motor vehicle crash and future alcohol-related hospital admission was 12 years. Men and indigenous Australian drivers were more likely to have a future alcohol-related hospital admission.
Conclusion:
It is evident from this study that drink-driving resulting in a motor vehicle crash and hospitalisation could be considered an indicator of a less overt problem of alcohol dependency.
Implications:
It is important that penalties for drink-driving go beyond merely punitive action and provide rehabilitation.
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