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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Alcohol ingestion and age of death in hanging suicides |
Author: | Tse, R. Sims, D. Byard, R. |
Citation: | Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2011; 56(4):922-924 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Testing Materials |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0022-1198 1556-4029 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Rexson Tse, Noel Sims, and Roger W. Byard |
Abstract: | Retrospective review of 100 consecutive, nondecomposed cases of suicide because of hanging was conducted at Forensic Science SA, Australia. Alcohol was detected in 38 cases (38%). The percentage of victims who had ingested alcohol significantly decreased with age (r(2)=0.81), with alcohol detected in 57.1% of those aged ≤24 years, compared to 28.5% of those aged between 55 and 64 years, and 0% of those aged ≥65 years. A similar linear relationship between alcohol ingestion and age was found for cases with blood alcohol levels >0.05 g/100 mL (r(2)=0.73). The mean ages of those with detectable alcohol (35.2 years) levels >0.05 g/100 mL (35.1 years) and levels >0.1 g/100 mL (37.2 years) were all significantly less than in those with no detectable alcohol (44.4 years) (p<0.005, <0.005, <0.05 respectively). A clear relationship between alcohol ingestion and younger age was shown in hanging suicides. |
Keywords: | forensic science hanging suicide alcohol intoxication disinhibition risk factor |
Rights: | © 2011 American Academy of Forensic Sciences |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01751.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01751.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Pathology publications |
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