在美国使用国家暴力死亡报告系统 (2003-2020年) 描述与火灾或烧伤相关的死亡人数
Saroj Bista1, Bridget Duffy1, Nichole L Michaels2,3
1Center for Injury Research and Policy, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
概括
在美国,暴力火灾或烧伤死亡是罕见的,但发生. 自杀是最常见的死亡方式,通常与心理健康和物质使用问题有关,强调需要有针对性的预防.
科学领域:
- 法医科学 法医科学 法医科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 美国的故意火灾或烧伤相关死亡不常见,流行病学数据有限.
- 了解受害者,事者和情况的特点对于预防至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在流行病学上描述美国因暴力而导致的火灾或烧伤相关死亡.
- 为了确定受害者和嫌疑犯的特点和事件的情况.
主要方法:
- 采用国家暴力死亡报告系统 (NVDRS) 从2003年至2020年的数据进行的横截面研究.
- 分析包括火灾或烧伤是直接,潜在或先前原因的死亡,纵火死亡,以及火灾或烧伤是使用的武器的情况.
- 根据死亡方式 (自杀,杀人,未确定的) 检查了导致死亡的情况,使用千平方测试.
主要成果:
- 总共分析了4395名受害者;主要是男性 (64.6%),非西班牙裔白人 (60.8%),年龄在20-64岁之间 (72.7%).
- 自杀占死亡比例最高 (38.9%),其次是杀人 (32.6%) 和不确定的意图 (28.5%).
- 心理健康 (53.4%) 和物质使用问题 (15.0%) 在自杀死亡中占主导地位. 杀人死亡往往是由其他犯罪 (49.8%) 或与亲密伴侣暴力 (19.5%) 相关.
结论:
- 自杀受害者中精神健康和物质使用问题的高患病率需要有针对性的预防和干预策略.
- 人际冲突和财务问题被确定为潜在的压力因素,有助于暴力火灾或与烧伤有关的死亡.
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