Minimum-age drinking laws and youth suicide, 1970-1990

J. Birckmayer and D. Hemenway

American Journal of Public Health, 1999, vol. 89, issue 9, 1365-1368

Abstract: Objectives. This study examined the association between the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) and suicides among youths aged 18 to 20 years. Methods. The study used pooled cross-sectional time-series data on youth suicide and the MLDA for the 48 contiguous states in the United States from 1970 to 1990. Poisson regression was used to estimate the association between MLDA and youth suicide. Results. A significant association exists between MLDA and youth suicide. Between 1970 and 1990, the suicide rate of 18- to 20- year-old youths living in states with an 18-year MLDA was 8% higher than the suicide rate among 18- to 20-year-old youths in states with a 21-year MLDA (P

Date: 1999
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