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

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  • Birckmayer, J.
  • Hemenway, D.

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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

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  • Birckmayer, J. & Hemenway, D., 1999. "Minimum-age drinking laws and youth suicide, 1970-1990," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 89(9), pages 1365-1368.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1999:89:9:1365-1368_7
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    1. Jason M. Lindo & Peter Siminski & Oleg Yerokhin, 2016. "Breaking The Link Between Legal Access To Alcohol And Motor Vehicle Accidents: Evidence From New South Wales," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(7), pages 908-928, July.
    2. Marcus, Jan & Siedler, Thomas, 2015. "Reducing binge drinking? The effect of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales on alcohol-related hospital stays in Germany," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 0, pages 55-77.
    3. Marcos Yamada Nakaguma & Brandon Restrepo, 2014. "Unintended Benefits of Election Day Alcohol Bans: Evidence from Road Crashes and Hospitalizations in Brazil," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2014_21, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).

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