MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008 Feb 15;57(6):141-4.
The "choking game" is defined as self-strangulation or strangulation by another person with the hands or a noose to achieve a brief euphoric state caused by cerebral hypoxia. Participants in this activity typically are youths. Serious neurologic injury or death can result if strangulation is prolonged. In recent years, news media reports have described numerous deaths among youths attributed to the choking game. Because no traditional public health dataset collects mortality data on this practice, CDC used news media reports to estimate the incidence of deaths from the choking game. This report describes the results of that analysis, which identified 82 probable choking-game deaths among youths aged 6-19 years, during 1995-2007. Seventy-one (86.6%) of the decedents were male, and the mean age was 13.3 years. Parents, educators, and health-care providers should become familiar with warning signs that youths are playing the choking game.
“窒息游戏”的定义是通过自我勒颈或他人用手或绳索勒颈，以达到因脑缺氧而产生的短暂欣快感状态。参与这项活动的通常是青少年。如果勒颈时间过长，可能会导致严重的神经损伤或死亡。近年来，新闻媒体报道了许多青少年因窒息游戏死亡的案例。由于没有传统的公共卫生数据集收集关于这种行为的死亡率数据，美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）利用新闻媒体报道来估计窒息游戏导致的死亡发生率。本报告描述了该分析的结果，该分析确定在1995年至2007年期间，6至19岁的青少年中有82例可能死于窒息游戏。其中71例（86.6%）死者为男性，平均年龄为13.3岁。家长、教育工作者和医疗保健提供者应熟悉青少年玩窒息游戏的警示信号。
