Alcohol Involvement in Hospital-Admitted Nonfatal Suicide Acts

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Ted R.; Teti, Laureen O.; Lawrence, Bruce A.; Weiss, Harold B.
Titel	Alcohol Involvement in Hospital-Admitted Nonfatal Suicide Acts
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 40 (2010) 5, S.492-499 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2010.40.5.492
Schlagwörter	Injuries; Hospitals; Suicide; Drinking; Incidence; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Race; Legislation; Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Selbstmord; Trinken; Vorkommen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rasse; Abstammung; Gesetzgebungslehre; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter
Abstract	We analyzed alcohol involvement in 84,005 medically identified live discharges for self-inflicted intentional injuries (typically suicide acts) from hospitals in 20 U.S. states in 1997. Alcohol was involved in 27% of the discharges. Evidence of alcohol was significantly more prevalent in men than women, but generally men drink more than women. Blacks had the highest alcohol involvement in their suicide acts relative to their drinking patterns. Overall, alcohol involvement rose and subsequently fell with age, with involvement above 30% for ages 30-55. Lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 from 21 could potentially raise alcohol-involved suicide hospitalizations among youth by an estimated 27%. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10