The prevalence of accidents and injuries associated with alcohol consumption, especially with heavy drinking and AUD, also often varies across racial/ethnic groups. For example, the National Violent Death Reporting System provides toxicological information on suicide victims based on coroner/medical examiner reports, death certificates, and toxicological laboratory findings. Analyses of these data have shown that fewer non-Hispanic Blacks (25.6 percent) had positive blood alcohol concentrations at the time of suicide compared with Hispanics (40.3 percent) and non-Hispanic Whites (34.3 percent) (Karch et al. 2006).
