OBJECTIVE: @entity146 may represent a risk factor for suicide. The authors tested the hypothesis that @entity146 in the last year of life is associated with completed suicide, even after controlling for @entity167 use disorders. METHOD: The authors analyzed data from the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey, a nationally representative survey conducted by telephone interview with decedents' next of kin. Data on 753 victims of suicide were compared with data on 2,115 accident victims. Decedents ranged in age from 20 to 64. Dichotomous measures of @entity146 in the past year and history of @entity167 misuse were derived by using the four-item @entity8877 questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression was used to evaluate the interactions of @entity146 with @entity167 misuse, gender, and age, respectively, in predicting suicide versus accidental @entity204 . Education and race were included as covariates. RESULTS: @entity146 in the last year of life was a significant predictor of suicide; the relationship was especially strong in individuals with no history of @entity167 misuse, those who were younger, and @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: @entity146 distinguished suicide victims from accident victims, and this finding is not attributable to @entity167 use disorders alone. Given that @entity146 increases the risk of suicide, violence prevention initiatives may serve to decrease the risk of suicide as well.

Violence, XXXX , and completed suicide: a case-control study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity8877 :: ('168400', 'Gene') :: ['CAGE'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['violent behavior', 'Violent behavior'] @entity167 :: ('CHEBI:16236', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity167 :: (CHEBI:16236,Chemical) :: ['alcohol']
