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Accession number;00A0675297
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| Title;Changes in Per Capita Alcohol Consumption and Suicide Mortality in Japan, 1950-1990. |
| Author;
MAKIMOTO K
(Kanazawa Univ.)
HIGUCHI S
(Japan National Inst. On Alcoholism)
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Journal Title;Hokuriku Journal of Public Health
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Journal Code:L0109A
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ISSN:0386-3530
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VOL.26;NO.2;PAGE.63-67(2000)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, REF.21 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;This study examined the association of per capita alcohol consumption and suicide mortality rates in Japan in the last four decades. We compared the male to female suicide mortality rate ratios by birth cohort to cirrhosis mortality rate ratios. The pattern of increase in the relative risk of suicide for men was similar to that for cirrhosis although the risk for suicide death was much lower than that for cirrhosis. Male birth cohorts born after 1926 reached drinking age when alcoholic beverages became readily available, and they were at a greater risk of these alcohol-related deaths than their older counterparts. The risk for suicide and cirrhosis deaths for Japanese men peaked in the early 1980s and started to decline. Social factors, such as divorce rates, and unemployment rates, did not correspond well to the patterns of suicide mortality rates. The four-fold increase in the per capita alcohol consumption in the last four decades had a measurable impact on alcohol-related mortality rates in Japanese men. (author abst.) |
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