Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue: 3

Statistical assessment and influential effect of alcoholism on drink and drive cases on various age groups

1Student, Amity Institute of Forensic Science, Amity University, Noida, India

2Research Scholar, Amity Institute of Forensic Science, Amity University, Noida, India

3Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Forensic Science, Amity University, Noida, India

*Corresponding Author: E-mail: jenniferforchrist97@gmail.com

Online published on 15 December, 2018.

Abstract

Alcohol consumption enunciates edge cutting consequences on both the adult youth and the adults. The research undergone is a quantitative study contemplating cases of drink and drive to compare the pattern of alcoholism between the adult youth and the adults of 5 Central Districts of Himachal Pradesh, India. The sample group consisted of 170 adult youth and adults, who tested positive for concentration of alcohol in blood. Data collection was done using the drink and drive cases registered in the year 2016 of the central districts of Himachal Pradesh (Mandi, Bilaspur, Kullu, Manali and Hamirpur). Analysis was conducted using a statistical software to obtain comparative results of the samples. The proposed findings are expected to provide a pattern analysis of alcohol consumption or alcoholism between the adult youth and the adults.

Keywords

Alcoholism, Drink and drive, Sudden deaths