Estimates of relative risk for injury morbidity at various levels of acute consumption (number of drinks consumed) is important in that they have been used to inform population guidelines for low-risk drinking and have also been used in determining alcohol attributable fraction of injury morbidity to inform comparative risk assessment in the Global Burden of Disease estimates (Rehm et al., 2004). However, studies have been conducted (Taylor et al.) for which self-reported volume was not collected but a measure of BAC was. Therefore, a study of the relationship between volume of consumption and BAC is critical to inform whether such studies can be used together in estimating the Relative Risk of injury due to alcohol use. Although the accurate estimation of volume from BAC for use in Relative Risk estimates is the primary intended purpose of this research, it may apply more generally towards a number of different areas including clinical or forensic settings.
