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Alcohol Consumption and Nearly Lethal Suicide Attempts
Author(s) -
Powell Kenneth E.,
Kresnow Marciejo,
Mercy James A.,
Potter Lloyd B.,
Swann Alan C.,
Frankowski Ralph F.,
Lee Roberta K.,
Bayer Timothy L.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.32.1.5.30.24208
Subject(s) - binge drinking , confounding , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , injury prevention , odds , odds ratio , environmental health , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , demography , suicide attempt , alcohol consumption , alcohol , logistic regression , chemistry , pathology , sociology , biochemistry
W e conducted a case‐control study of the association between nearly lethal suicide attempts and facets of alcohol consumption; namely, drinking frequency, drinking quantity, binge drinking, alcoholism, drinking within 3 hours of suicide attempt, and age began drinking. Subjects were 13–34 years of age. In bivariable analyses, all measures were associated with nearly lethal suicide attempts. Odds ratios ranged from 2.4 for alcoholism to 7.0 for drinking within 3 hours of attempt. All exposure variables except age began drinking exhibited a J‐shaped relationship between alcohol exposure and nearly lethal suicide attempt. After controlling for potential confounders and other measures of alcohol exposure, drinking within 3 hours of attempt remained most strongly (odds ratios > 6) associated. Alcoholism remained significantly associated in most models, but at lower strength.