ABSTRACT
The relationship between alcohol and casualties has aroused much interest among researchers and policy makers because of its link to major issues and hazards facing contemporary society. The progress of civilisation via technology, communication and chemistry has increased the possibility of violent events hazardous to man. Injuries are becoming one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality, especially among young people and people of productive age. This increase is even more apparent when the decline of infectious disease and other causes of death is taken into account. Alcohol, for its part, plays an important role in many world affairs and issues of contemporary life, both in social and health-related terms. The relationship between alcohol and casualties reveals various essential problems and leads to questions of immense practical purport, even though these questions are often perceived differently by adherents of various disciplines.
