Relationships between Beer, Wine, and Spirits Consumption and Suicide Rates in U.S. States from 1977 to 1988
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20959126 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiepu Liu (University of Alabama at Birmingham, corresponding author), John W Waterbor (0000-0003-3042-0164, University of Alabama at Birmingham), Seng-Jaw Soong (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Seng‐Jaw Soong (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 227-240 |
| Publication date | 1996-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/1y3d-qua3-ahwb-jp8l |
| OpenAlex | W2024027813 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Relationships between alcohol consumption and suicide rates were examined through an ecological study. Data on total apparent per capita alcohol consumption, as well as beer, wine, and spirits consumption, from 1977 to 1988 in each of the fifty U.S. states and District of Columbia were compared with suicide rates. It was found that total alcohol consumption was weakly but significantly related to suicide rate by univariate analysis ( r = 0.16, p
Confidence interval · Confounding · Consumption (sociology) · Environmental health · Per capita · Poison control · Population · Quartile · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Wine · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies · Chemistry · Demography · Food Science · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |