In the past two years I have had five friends who suddenly died and who were struggling with being clean and sober. All of them were petite women, and all of them were in their late forties or fifties. One of them fell off of her bicycle and hit her head while riding down the street.
Of course it was more than just drinking and they were often mixing pills with alcohol. I thought it was quite a coincidence until I recently read the following story:
Alcoholism Twice as Deadly for Women as for Men | Effects of Alcohol on Health | MyHealthNewsDaily.com