Editing Blood alcohol content (section)

== Highest levels ==
{{See also|List of deaths through alcohol}}

According to [[Guinness World Records]], the 2013 incident where a BAC of 1.374% (13.74 g/L) was recorded is the highest BAC recorded in a human who survived the ordeal.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Highest blood alcohol level |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/118837-highest-blood-alcohol-level |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207045311/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/118837-highest-blood-alcohol-level |archive-date=7 December 2024 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=[[Guinness World Records]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! BAC (%) !! Location !! Description !! Result (died or survived) !! Cause of Death (If Died)
|-
| 1982 
|data-sort-value=1.33| 1.33 BAC, approximated from 1.51 SAC
| [[Los Angeles]], California, USA
| A 24-year-old woman was admitted to the UCLA emergency room with a serum alcohol content of 1.51%, corresponding to a blood alcohol content of 1.33%. She was alert and oriented to person and place and survived.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(82)91285-5 |title=Survival After a Serum Ethanol Concentration of 11/2% |year=1982 |last1=Johnson |first1=R |journal=The Lancet |volume=320 |issue=8312 |pages=1394|pmid=6129476 |s2cid=27551241 }}</ref> Serum alcohol concentration is not equal to nor calculated in the same way as blood alcohol content.<ref>{{cite journal |bibcode=2002JChEd..79..803L |doi=10.1021/ed079p803 |title=Conversion of Serum-Alcohol Concentrations to Corresponding Blood-Alcohol Concentrations |year=2002 |last1=Labianca |first1=Dominick A. |journal=Journal of Chemical Education |volume=79 |issue=7 |pages=803|doi-access=free }}</ref> 
| Survived
|
|-
| 1984 
| 1.50 
| 
| A 30-year-old man survived a blood alcohol concentration of 1.5% after vigorous medical intervention that included [[Kidney dialysis|dialysis]] and [[intravenous therapy]] with [[fructose]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150255052 |title=Survival After High Blood Alcohol Levels: Association with First-Order Elimination Kinetics |year=1984 |last1=O'Neill |first1=Shane |journal=Archives of Internal Medicine |volume=144 |issue=3 |pages=641–2 |pmid=6703836 |last2=Tipton |first2=KF |last3=Prichard |first3=JS |last4=Quinlan |first4=A}}</ref>
| Survived
| 
|-
| 1995 
| 1.48 
| [[Wrocław]], Poland
| In 1995, a man from [[Wrocław]], Poland, caused a car crash near his hometown. He had a blood alcohol content of 1.48%; he was tested five times, with each test returning the same reading. He died a few days later of injuries from the accident.<ref name="eOstroleka 2012"/>
| Died
| Injuries from a car crash
|-
| 2004 
| 1.35 
| Taiwan 
| In 2004, an unidentified Taiwanese woman died of alcohol intoxication after immersion for twelve hours in a bathtub filled with 40% ethanol. Her blood alcohol content was 1.35%. It was believed that she had immersed herself as a response to the  [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak|early 2000s outbreak]] of [[SARS]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.06.014 |title=Fatal alcohol immersion during the SARS epidemic in Taiwan |year=2005 |last1=Wu |first1=Yen-Liang |last2=Guo |first2=How-Ran |last3=Lin |first3=Hung-Jung |journal=Forensic Science International |volume=149 |issue=2–3 |pages=287 |pmid=15749375|pmc=7131152 }}</ref>
| Died 
| Alcohol intoxication
|-
| 22 Dec 2010 
| 1.60 
| Queenstown, South Africa 
| In South Africa, a man driving a [[Mercedes-Benz Vito]] light van containing 15 sheep allegedly stolen from nearby farms was arrested on December 22, 2010, near [[Queenstown, Eastern Cape|Queenstown]] in [[Eastern Cape]]. His blood had an alcohol content of 1.6%. Also in the vehicle were five boys and a woman, who were also arrested.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2010-12-24-drunkest-driver-in-sa-arrested/ |title=Drunkest driver in SA arrested |work=Sowetan |date=24 December 2010 |access-date=31 March 2022 |first=Sibongile |last=Mashaba }}</ref>{{Dubious|date=December 2023|reason=It appears dubious that 15 sheep could be accommodated in the same vehicle alongside 6 people. Furthermore, there are concerns regarding the reported blood alcohol content, given that multiple sources instead cite the highest recorded blood alcohol content as 1.48% in the context of the Polish case. Additional verification is needed to confirm the accuracy of these details.}}
| Survived
| 
|-
| 26 Oct 2012 
|data-sort-value=2.23| 2.23 (possible contamination)
| [[Gmina Olszewo-Borki]], Poland
| A man died in a car crash, recorded a blood alcohol content of 2.23%; however, the blood sample was collected from a wound and thus possibly contaminated.<ref name="eOstroleka 2012">{{cite web|last1=Łuba|first1=Marcin|title=Śmiertelny rekord: Kierowca z powiatu ostrołęckiego miał 22 promile alkoholu! Zginął w wypadku|url=http://www.eostroleka.pl/smiertelny-rekord-kierowca-z-powiatu-ostroleckiego-mial-22-promile-alkoholu-zginal-w-wypadku-zdjecia,art31892.html|website=eOstroleka.pl|access-date=2017-11-04|language=pl|date=24 October 2012}}</ref>
| Died
| Injuries from a car crash
|-
| 26 July 2013
| 1.374
| [[Alfredówka]], Poland 
| A 30-year-old man from [[Alfredówka]], Poland, was found unconscious by Municipal Police Patrol from [[Nowa Dęba]] lying in the ditch along the road in [[Tarnowska Wola, Subcarpathian Voivodeship|Tarnowska Wola]]. First responders reportedly did not believe the initial BAC readings taken at the scene. At the hospital, it was recorded that the man had a blood alcohol content of 1.374%. The man survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114871,14402847,Mial_13_74_promila_alkoholu_we_krwi__I_przezyl__Rekord.html |trans-title=He had 13.74 blood alcohol levels. And he survived. World record? |title=Miał 13,74 promila alkoholu we krwi. I przeżył. Rekord świata? |access-date=2013-08-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811065906/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1%2C114871%2C14402847%2CMial_13_74_promila_alkoholu_we_krwi__I_przezyl__Rekord.html |archive-date=2013-08-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowadeba.pl/mieszkaniec/bezpieczenstwo/straz-miejska/informacje/art,864,straznicy-miejscy-uratowali-zycie-mieszkanca-alfredowki-.html|title=Informacje}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
| Survived
|
|-
|September 2023
| 0.567
| [[Kupusina]], Serbia
| A man was riding a bicycle and was stopped. He was visibly drunk and the breathalyzer test was unusually high.<ref>{{cite news |title=KAKO JE MOGUĆE DA JE OSTAO ŽIV? Kupusinac REKORDER! Vozio sa skoro 6 PROMILA a još veći šok usledio u bolnici! Neverovatno (FOTO) |url=https://www.kurir.rs/crna-hronika/4254222/kako-je-moguce-da-je-ostao-ziv-kupusinac-rekorder-vozio-sa-skoro-6-promila-u-krvi-a-jos-veci-sok-usledio-u-bolnici-neverovatno |work=www.kurir.rs |language=sr}}</ref>
| Survived
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|}