Titre : | Minimum purchasing age for alcohol and traffic crash injuries among 15- to 19-year-olds in New Zealand (2006) |
Auteurs : | K. KYPRI ; R. B. VOAS ; J. D. LANGLEY ; S. C. STEPHENSON ; D. J. BEGG ; A. S. TIPPETTS ; DAVIE G. S. |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | American Journal of Public Health (Vol.96 n°1, January 2006) |
Article en page(s) : | 126-131 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés ALCOOL ; CONDUITE DE VEHICULE ; ACCIDENT ; AGE ; PREVENTION ; VENTEThésaurus 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. |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol |
Refs biblio. : | 45 |
Affiliation : |
University of Newcastle, 2 Edison St, Adamstown Heights, NSW 2289. Australie. Australia. |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | Abonnement |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.073122 |
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