Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD 20705–3111, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Oct;40(5):492-9. doi: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.5.492.
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%.
我们分析了 1997 年美国 20 个州的 84005 例经医学确认的、由自我实施的故意伤害(通常是自杀行为)导致的出院病例,这些患者存在酒精使用问题。在这些出院病例中,有 27%涉及酒精。有证据表明,男性自杀行为中涉及酒精的比例明显高于女性,但一般来说,男性饮酒量多于女性。与他们的饮酒模式相比,黑人在自杀行为中涉及酒精的比例最高。总体而言,酒精的卷入程度随着年龄的增长而上升,然后下降,在 30 至 55 岁年龄组中,酒精卷入程度超过 30%。将法定最低饮酒年龄从 21 岁降至 18 岁,可能会使青少年因酒精卷入而导致的自杀住院人数增加约 27%。