最近的一种不常见的方法 - - 一氧化碳自杀的趋势
Lilli Stephenson1,2, Corinna Van Den Heuvel3, Melissa Humphries4
1School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia. lilli.stephenson@adelaide.edu.au.
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
|April 10, 2024
概括
在南澳大利亚,木炭燃烧 (CB) 自杀案正在增加,而汽车排放 (VE) 自杀案正在减少. CB自杀与年轻人,心理问题和财务问题有关,表明需要监测.
科学领域:
- 法医病理学 法医病理学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 汽车尾气 (VE) 是一种常见的碳一氧化 (CO) 自杀方法.
- 在狭窄的空间中燃烧木炭 (CB) 是一种新兴的CO自杀方法,特别是在亚洲.
- 本研究分析了南澳大利亚 (SA) 的CB自杀的趋势和特征.
研究的目的:
- 分析南澳大利亚木炭燃烧 (CB) 自杀率和特征.
- 为了比较CB自杀与车辆排气 (VE) 自杀.
- 为了检查CB自杀的现场,尸检和毒理学发现.
主要方法:
- 一个20年的搜索 (2000-2019) 在南非的故意致命的CO中毒.
- 收集包括人口统计,死亡原因,死亡史和现场发现等变量.
- 使用R (版本4.2.3) 的统计分析.
主要成果:
- 在20年内,VE自杀率显著下降 (p <0.05) 和CB自杀率显著增加 (p <0.001).
- 使用CB的人比使用VE的人年轻得多 (p = 0.017).
- 对CB自杀的危险因素包括心理/精神疾病和财务问题,与与身体问题和法律问题相关的VE自杀形成鲜明对比.
结论:
- 燃烧木炭 (CB) 自杀被认为是可访问和无痛的,导致人气增加.
- 监测CB自杀的未来趋势对于确定干预的必要性至关重要.
- 尸检和毒理学发现与现有文献一致.
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