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Minimum purchasing age for alcohol and traffic crash injuries among 15- to 19-year-olds in New Zealand (2006)
Auteur(s) :
KYPRI, K. ;
VOAS, R. B. ;
LANGLEY, J. D. ;
STEPHENSON, S. C. ;
BEGG, D. J. ;
TIPPETTS, A. S. ;
DAVIE G. S.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
126-131
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
45
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
CONDUITE DE VEHICULE
;
ACCIDENT
;
AGE
;
PREVENTION
;
VENTE
Thésaurus géographique
NOUVELLE ZELANDE
Résumé :
OBJECTIVES: In 1999, New Zealand lowered the minimum purchasing age for alcohol from 20 to 18 years. We tested the hypothesis that this increased traffic crash injuries among 15- to 19-year-olds. METHODS: Poisson regression was used to compute incidence rate ratios for the after to before incidence of alcohol-involved crashes and hospitalized injuries among 18- to 19-year-olds and 15- to 17-year-olds (20- to 24-year-olds were the reference). RESULTS: Among young men, the ratio of the alcohol-involved crash rate after the law change to the period before was 12% larger (95% confidence interval [CI]=1.00, 1.25) for 18- to 19-year-olds and 14% larger (95% CI=1.01, 1.30) for 15- to 17-year-olds, relative to 20- to 24-year-olds. Among young women, the equivalent ratios were 51% larger (95% CI=1.17, 1.94) for 18- to 19-year-olds and 24% larger (95% CI=0.96, 1.59) for 15- to 17-year-olds. A similar pattern was observed for hospitalized injuries. CONCLUSIONS: Significantly more alcohol-involved crashes occurred among 15-to 19-year-olds than would have occurred had the purchase age not been reduced to 18 years. The effect size for 18- to 19-year-olds is remarkable given the legal exceptions to the pre-1999 law and its poor enforcement.
Affiliation :
University of Newcastle, 2 Edison St, Adamstown Heights, NSW 2289.
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.
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