Talks
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Discipline Track
Community/Public Health
Abstract Type
Research/Clinical
Abstract
Background and Methods: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the US. Substance abuse is a known risk factor for suicide. The exact correlation between substance abuse and suicide is unknown. In addition, the potential years of life lost due to suicide is unknown. A 10-year review (2007-2016) of self-inflicted injury individuals in the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) is performed. Pearson Chi-square statistical test is utilized for the analysis.
Results: Our results also indicate that those tested positive for substance abuse have a higher Hospital Discharge Disposition death rate compared to those who were tested negative, 56.79\% who died were tested positive. We also found that Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) from suicide is 224603 for Whites, 31156 for Blacks, 3054 for Native Americans, 5474 for Asians, 38758 for Hispanics, 106806 for ‘Unknown’, and 6594 for others. The most common methods of suicide are Cut/Pierce (40.56%), Firearm (31.26%), and Fall (10.50%), and the remaining percentage for other means of suicide; this is strongly associated with substance abuse (p-value< .001). Those who committed suicide by Cut/Pierce 61.81% of them were drug tested positive, by Firearm 61.24%, and by Fall 60.44%. Our results also indicate that death rate related to illicit drug is slightly higher than prescription drug. Among the self-inflicted injury in the sample of size 44683, 52.64% percentage of them are tested positive of illicit substance usage and the remaining are tested negative. And also, those with severe traumatic brain injury, 51.98% are tested positive of illicit substance use. By race group, the distribution of illegal use of drug is as follow: 59.06\% of self-inflicted injuries Blacks are tested positive for illicit drug, 50.22% for self-inflicted injuries Whites and 55.24% for self-inflicted injuries Hispanics.
Conclusions: This paper provides a succinct overview of substance abuse (illicit and prescribed) and by race groups using trauma database. The paper also highlights some potential years of life loss due to self-inflicted injuries. In addition, the paper points out the distribution of methods of suicide.
Academic/Professional Position
Faculty
Recommended Citation
Fofana, Demba; Alvarado, Joy; Fofana, Sidketa; and Skubic, Jeffrey, "Self-inflicted Injuries Racial-Based Differences in Substance Abuse and in Potential Years of Life Lost" (2023). Research Symposium. 8.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/somrs/2022/talks/8
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Self-inflicted Injuries Racial-Based Differences in Substance Abuse and in Potential Years of Life Lost
Background and Methods: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the US. Substance abuse is a known risk factor for suicide. The exact correlation between substance abuse and suicide is unknown. In addition, the potential years of life lost due to suicide is unknown. A 10-year review (2007-2016) of self-inflicted injury individuals in the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) is performed. Pearson Chi-square statistical test is utilized for the analysis.
Results: Our results also indicate that those tested positive for substance abuse have a higher Hospital Discharge Disposition death rate compared to those who were tested negative, 56.79\% who died were tested positive. We also found that Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) from suicide is 224603 for Whites, 31156 for Blacks, 3054 for Native Americans, 5474 for Asians, 38758 for Hispanics, 106806 for ‘Unknown’, and 6594 for others. The most common methods of suicide are Cut/Pierce (40.56%), Firearm (31.26%), and Fall (10.50%), and the remaining percentage for other means of suicide; this is strongly associated with substance abuse (p-value< .001). Those who committed suicide by Cut/Pierce 61.81% of them were drug tested positive, by Firearm 61.24%, and by Fall 60.44%. Our results also indicate that death rate related to illicit drug is slightly higher than prescription drug. Among the self-inflicted injury in the sample of size 44683, 52.64% percentage of them are tested positive of illicit substance usage and the remaining are tested negative. And also, those with severe traumatic brain injury, 51.98% are tested positive of illicit substance use. By race group, the distribution of illegal use of drug is as follow: 59.06\% of self-inflicted injuries Blacks are tested positive for illicit drug, 50.22% for self-inflicted injuries Whites and 55.24% for self-inflicted injuries Hispanics.
Conclusions: This paper provides a succinct overview of substance abuse (illicit and prescribed) and by race groups using trauma database. The paper also highlights some potential years of life loss due to self-inflicted injuries. In addition, the paper points out the distribution of methods of suicide.