Worldwide Prevalence of Alcohol Use in Non-Fatally Injured Motor Vehicle Drivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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< 0.001). In addition, the prevalence of alcohol use ranged from 5.5% (95% CI: 0.8-10.1%) in the Middle East, North Africa, and Greater Arabia region to 30.6% (95% CI: 24.6-36.5%) in the Asia region. As for the subgroups with different thresholds of BAC, the maximum value of 34.4% (95% CI: 28.5-40.3%) was found for a dose of 0.3 g/L. The prevalence of alcohol use reported by high-quality studies was 15.7% (95% CI: 11.1-20.3%), compared to 17.7% (95% CI: 11.3-24.2%) reported by studies of moderate quality. These findings could inform law enforcement efforts to promote road safety.