Acute Alcohol Intoxication and Suicide Among United States Ethnic/Racial Groups: Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 839-846

  Caetano, Raul ^a   Kaplan, Mark S ^b   Huguet, Nathalie ^b   Mcfarland, Bentson H ^c   Conner, Kenneth ^d,e   Giesbrecht, Norman ^f   Nolte, Kurt B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethnicity; Intoxication; National Violent Death Reporting System; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876808492     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12038     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Arias E, Schauman WS, Eschbach K, Sorlie PD, Backlund E (2008) The validity of race and Hispanic origin reporting on death certificates in the United States. Vital Health Stat 2:1-23.
2. Beals J, Manson SM, Whitesell NR, Spicer P, Novins DK, Mitchell CM (2005) Prevalence of DSM-IV disorders and attendant help-seeking in 2 American Indian reservation populations. Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:99-108.
3. Borges G, Cherpitel CJ, MacDonald S, Giesbrecht N, Stockwell T, Wilcox HC (2004) A case-crossover study of acute alcohol use and suicide attempt. J Stud Alcohol 65:708-714.
4. Branas CC, Richmond TS, Ten Have TR, Wiebe DJ (2011) Acute alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets, and gun suicide. Subst Use Misuse 46:1592-1603.
5. Caetano R, Baruah J, Ramisetty-Mikler S, Ebama M (2010) Sociodemographic predictors of pattern and volume of alcohol consumption across Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites: 10-year trend (1992-2002). Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:1782-1792.
6. Caetano R, Cunradi CB, Clark CL, Schafer J (2000) Intimate partner violence and drinking patterns among White, Black, and Hispanic couples in the U.S. J Subst Abuse 11:123-138.
7. Cavanagh JT, Carson AJ, Sharpe M, Lawrie SM (2003) Psychological autopsy studies of suicide: a systematic review. Psychol Med 33:395-405.
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (2002) Fetal alcohol syndrome-Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, and New York, 1995-1997. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 51:433-435.
9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (2009) Alcohol and suicide among racial/ethnic populations-17 states, 2005-2006. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 58:637-641.
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (2011) Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). US Department of Health and Human Services. Available at: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars. Accessed June 13, 2012.
11. Chartier KG, Vaeth PAC, Caetano R (in press) Ethnicity and the social and health harms from drinking. Alcohol Res Health.
12. Chen CM, H-y Yi, Falk DE, Stinson FS, Dawson DA, Grant BF (2006) Alcohol use and alcohol use disorders in the United States: Main findings from the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
13. Cherpitel CJ, Borges GL, Wilcox HC (2004) Acute alcohol use and suicidal behavior: a review of the literature. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:18S-28S.
14. Edwards H, Gatsonis C, Kafadar K (2009) Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
15. Goldsmith SK, Pellmar TC, Kleinman AM, Bunney WE (eds) (2002) Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative. National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
16. Gone JP, Trimble JE (2012) American Indian and Alaska Native mental health: diverse perspectives on enduring disparities. Annu Rev Clin Psychol 8:131-160.
17. Grant BF, Dawson DA, Stinson FS, Chou SP, Dufour MC, Pickering RP (2004) The 12-month prevalence and trends in DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence: United States, 1991-1992 and 2001-2002. Drug Alcohol Depend 74:223-234.
18. Hasin DS, Stinson FS, Ogburn E, Grant BF (2007) Prevalence, correlates, disability, and comorbidity of DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence in the United States. Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:830-842.
19. Kaplan MS, McFarland BH, Huguet N, Conner K, Caetano R, Giesbrecht N, Nolte KB (in press) Acute alcohol intoxication and suicide: a gender-stratified analysis of the National Violent Death Reporting System. Inj Prev [Epub ahead of print].
20. Karch DL, Barker L, Strine TW (2006) Race/ethnicity, substance abuse, and mental illness among suicide victims in 13 US states: 2004 data from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Inj Prev 12:ii22-ii27.
21. Keyes KM, Liu XC, Cerda M (2012) The role of race/ethnicity in alcohol-attributable injury in the United States. Epidemiol Rev 34:89-102.
22. Lamis DA, Malone PS (2012) Alcohol use and suicidal behaviors among adults: a synthesis and theoretical model. Suicidol Online 3:4-23.
23. May PA, Van Winkle N (1994) Indian adolescent suicide: the epidemiologic picture in New Mexico. Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res 4:2-34.
24. May PA, Van Winkle NW, Williams MB, McFeeley PJ, DeBruyn LM, Serna P (2002) Alcohol and suicide death among American Indians of New Mexico: 1980-1998. Suicide Life Threat Behav 32:240-255.
25. Nock MK, Borges G, Bromet EJ, Cha CB, Kessler RC, Lee S (2008) Suicide and suicidal behavior. Epidemiol Rev 30:133-154.
26. Olson LM, Wahab S (2006) American Indians and suicide: a neglected area of research. Trauma Violence Abuse 7:19-33.
27. Powell KE, Kresnow MJ, Mercy JA, Potter LB, Swann AC, Frankowski RF, Lee RK, Bayer TL (2001) Alcohol consumption and nearly lethal suicide attempts. Suicide Life Threat Behav 32(1 Suppl):30-41.
28. Ramisetty-Mikler S, Caetano R, Rodriguez LA (2010) The Hispanic Americans Baseline Alcohol Survey (HABLAS): alcohol consumption and sociodemographic predictors across Hispanic national groups. J Subst Use 15:402-416.
29. Russo D, Purohit V, Foudin L, Salin M (2004) Workshop on Alcohol Use and Health Disparities 2002: a call to arms. Alcohol 32:37-43.
30. Shaughnessy L, Doshi SR, Jones SE (2004) Attempted suicide and associated health risk behaviors among Native American high school students. J Sch Health 74:177-182.
31. Sher L, Oquendo MA, Richardson-Vejlgaard R, Makhija NM, Posner K, Mann JJ, Stanley BH (2009) Effect of acute alcohol use on the lethality of suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders. J Psychiatr Res 43:901-905.
32. Stahre M, Simon M (2010) Alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations by race, gender, and age in California. Open Epidemiol J 3:3-15.
33. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA] (2012) Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Mental Health Findings. NSDUH Series H-42, HHS Publication No. (SMA) 11-4667. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.
34. Sutocky JW, Shultz JM, Kizer KW (1993) Alcohol-related mortality in California, 1980 to 1989. Am J Public Health 83:817-823.
35. United States Department of Agriculture (2003) Measuring Rurality: Rural-Urban Continuum Codes. Available at: www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/rurality/ruralurbcon/. Accessed June 13, 2012.
36. U.S. Census Bureau (2010) American Community Survey-American FactFinder. Available at: http://factfinder2.census.gov. Accessed June 13, 2012.
37. U.S. Census Bureau (2011) Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2011. Available at: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb11-ff06.html. Accessed June 13, 2012.
38. U.S. Department of Transportation (2011) National Transportation Statistics. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Available at: http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/. Accessed June 13, 2012.
39. Vinson DC, Borges G, Cherpitel CJ (2003a) The risk of intentional injury with acute and chronic alcohol exposures: a case-control and case-crossover study. J Stud Alcohol 64:350-357.
40. Vinson DC, Maclure M, Reidinger C, Smith GS (2003b) A population-based case-crossover and case-control study of alcohol and the risk of injury. J Stud Alcohol 64:358-366.
41. Wilcox HC, Conner KR, Caine ED (2004) Association of alcohol and drug use disorders and completed suicide: an empirical review of cohort studies. Drug Alcohol Depend 76:S11-S19.