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Table 7.8 Requests for information on account of exposure to alcohol from the <strong>National</strong> Poisons<br />
Information Centre (NVIC) from 2000<br />
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008<br />
Total 1 372 1 247 1 403 1 709 1 817 1 780 1 658 1 979 2 103<br />
- % in 13-17 age group 4% 5% 4% 5% 7% 8% 8% 8% 7%<br />
- % alcohol <strong>and</strong> medicines 77% 75% 68% 72% 73% 75% 74%<br />
Number of information requests annually submitted via the NVIC 24-hour helpline. Requests via the website<br />
www.vergiftigingen.info (online since April 2007) were included for the first time in 2008. Source: NVIC,<br />
RIVM.<br />
Driving under the Influence<br />
The percentage of drink-drivers remained stable in 2007 (Transport Ministry, 2008).<br />
• Sobriety tests conducted during weekend nights in 2007 showed that 3.0% of the<br />
tested motorists had more than 0.5 pro mille of alcohol in their blood. This is the<br />
same as in 2006, when the number was likewise 3%. However, compared to 2001,<br />
a decline has taken place (4.1% in 2001, compared to 3% in 2007).<br />
• In 2007 there were more male than female drink-drivers (3.6% versus 1.8%).<br />
• After reductions in earlier years among both males <strong>and</strong> females, the percentage of<br />
offences remained stable in 2007 in both groups.<br />
• The highest percentage of drink-drivers among males is in the 35-49 age group<br />
(4.5%); among females it is in the 25-34 age group (2.1%).<br />
• The percentage of drink-drivers is highest between 2.00 <strong>and</strong> 4.00 a.m., particularly<br />
on Friday night/Saturday morning (7.3%).<br />
According to the traffic <strong>and</strong> shipping service (DVS), there were an estimated 2,300<br />
road deaths plus hospital admissions due to alcohol use in 2007 (table 7.9) (Ministry of<br />
Transport, Public Works <strong>and</strong> Water Management). 4<br />
• The total number of alcohol-related hospital admissions <strong>and</strong> deaths has dropped since<br />
1998 (Table 7.9).<br />
• The percentage of alcohol-related traffic-accident deaths <strong>and</strong> hospital admissions has<br />
also dropped in relation to the total number of traffic-accident deaths <strong>and</strong> hospital<br />
admissions.<br />
- In 1996 19% of traffic-accident deaths <strong>and</strong> hospital admissions were alcoholrelated;<br />
in 2007 the rate was 12%.<br />
4 Data overlap partly with those of LIS, Consumer <strong>and</strong> Safety.<br />
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