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Suicides in Alaska: firearms and alcohol.

Author(s) -

W. Gary Hlady,

John P. Middaugh

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.2.179

Subject(s) - medicine , poison control , blood alcohol , injury prevention , confidence interval , suicide prevention , odds ratio , occupational safety and health , demography , autopsy , blood alcohol content , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , environmental health , pathology , sociology

A manual review of death certificates and autopsy records identified 195 suicides in Alaska during 1983-84. Native males, 20-24 years old, had the highest rate of suicide (257 per 100,000 person-years). Gunshot wounds caused 76 per cent of all suicide deaths; 79 per cent of Native and 48 per cent of White suicides had detectable levels of blood alcohol. Suicide by firearms was weakly associated with blood alcohol levels above 100 mg/dl (odds ratio 1.3, 95 per cent confidence interval 1.11-1.47).

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