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Relationship between alcohol use and firearm-involved suicide: Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2020

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

This study evaluated the sex- and age group-specific relationship between alcohol intoxication and firearm-involved suicide. Among males of all ages and young and middle-aged females, alcohol intoxication was associated with increased risk of suicide by firearm, an extremely lethal method that accounts for a majority of suicides in the US, compared to their non-intoxicated counterparts. Interventions targeting excessive alcohol consumption may be effective in reducing suicide mortality rates

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