Helsing K J, Monk M
Am J Public Health. 1985 Oct;75(10):1223-4. doi: 10.2105/ajph.75.10.1223.
In Washington County, Maryland, ownership of cats and/or dogs was compared among 48 residents who committed suicide in the years 1975-83 and 96 living controls matched to the suicides by race, sex, and date of birth. Another comparison used as controls persons of same race, sex, and age who died of causes other than suicide in the same year as the suicide. No material association between pet ownership and suicide was observed.
在马里兰州华盛顿县,对1975年至1983年间自杀的48名居民以及按种族、性别和出生日期与自杀者匹配的96名在世对照者的猫狗拥有情况进行了比较。另一项比较则以同年因非自杀原因死亡的同种族、同性别和同年龄者作为对照。未观察到养宠物与自杀之间存在实质性关联。