Relationship Between Alcohol Use and Firearm-Involved Suicide: Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute alcohol intoxication is a contributing factor in firearm-involved suicides. However, knowledge of the relationship between alcohol intoxication and firearm-involved suicide by age and sex (defined herein as the biological sex of the decedent) is limited. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the sex- and age group-specific relationship between alcohol intoxication and firearm-involved suicide.

Methods

Data from the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2020, on suicide decedents (18+ years of age) were utilized. Age-group- and sex-specific multivariate binary logistic regression analyses were conducted. Statistical analyses were performed in 2023.

Results

Alcohol intoxication (i.e., having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 g/d

SUBMITTER: Kim KV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11833663 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature