With regard to alcohol-related accidents and injuries, males were more likely than females to drive after drinking too much in most age and racial/ethnic groups (Chou et al. 2006). Alcohol also contributed to 7 percent of falls, 10 percent of drowning incidents, and 18 percent of poisonings each year, mostly among men, as well as to a greater proportion of self-inflicted injuries among males (15 percent) than among females (5 percent) (Room et al. 2005). Moreover, male gender was a significant risk factor for alcohol-related suicide in all racial/ethnic groups except Native Americans, where alcohol was involved in similar proportions of male and female suicides (Chartier et al. 2013). Overall, the groups reporting the highest rates of alcohol use among suicide victims were Native Americans ages 30–39, Native Americans and Hispanics ages 20–29, and Asians ages 10–19 (Chartier et al. 2013). Finally, alcohol contributed to 24 percent of homicides, with the proportion of alcohol-related homicides higher among males (26 percent) than among females (16 percent) (Room et al. 2005).
