This study was based on over 30,000 U.S. respondents
who completed General Social Surveys between 1978 and 2002.
We approached these respondents prospectively, comparing and
contrasting the responses of those who subsequently died from drug-poisonings
(N = 135) with all respondents who were still living, N = 23,559.
We employed cross-tabulation and logistic regression
analyses to test for statistically significant differences between
drug-poisoning death casualties and all living respondents.
Consistent with past research findings, younger males were
over-represented among drug death casualties. Also consistent with past
studies, drug casualties showed evidence of perceiving themselves as socially
marginalized in comparison to living respondents: More reported themselves in
poorer health, as having been sexual minority members during the last
5 years, as having spent their younger years in homes where parents'
marriages disrupted, with fewer owning homes and feeling less satisfied about
their financial situations.
These exploratory findings obtained from a general
population survey reinforce findings from clinical studies and help advance
clinical assessments of potential at-risk individuals who might be identified
sooner, lest they succumb to future fatal drug poisonings.
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- 1 Sociology, Nassau Community College , Garden City , New York , USA.
- 2 New York Medical College , New York , New York , USA.
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