The statistical study regarding the lethal poisonings with methanol was done after consulting the data from the Department of Forensics of fifteen counties in Romania. The data include: the number of violent deaths as a result of methanol poisoning, age, sex, the origin of the deceased person. After analyzing the data, it was found that in Galati, Botosani, Vaslui, Mehedinti and Bistrita Nasaud there was no lethal poisoning with methanol; out of the 10 counties that showed lethal poisoning, in which there were 66 cases, Bacau was the city with the most cases, 21, and the least cases were in Suceava, 1 case. According to sex, the most cases occurred in men, 53 men and 13 women. According to origin, there were 48 cases in the rural area as opposed to 18 urban cases. According to age, between 41 and 50 years there were 19 cases, followed by 16 cases between 51 and 60 years, the lowest number was registered between 61 and 70 years with 3 cases. The total number of cases for each analyzed year, highlights the year 2006 with 22 cases, with a fluctuating evolution.