title: Alcohol consumption and rates of personal violence (suicide and homicide).
abstract: The present study examined the association between alcohol consumption and rates of personal violence (suicide and homicide) over regions within a nation. Although suicide rates were higher in regions with a higher per capital consumption of alcohol, other social variables were also found to be associated with both alcohol consumption and suicide rates, such as divorce rates and inter-region migration. Thus, it appears that alcohol consumption may be but one index of a broader sociocultural dimension that is associated with regional rates of suicidal behavior.
authors.affiliation: Richard Stockton State College.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D012931:Social Environment; D013405:Suicide; D014481:United States