Citation

Chew KSY, McCleary R, Merrill V, Napolitano C. Popul. Res. Policy Rev. 2000; 19(6): 551-570.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1023/A:1010696906473

PMID

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Abstract

In a well-publicized analysis of visitor suicides in three casino areas (Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and Reno), elevated suicide risk among interstate visitors was attributed to the presence of legalized gambling. A fundamental limitation of the analysis, however, was the absence of estimates for at-risk populations. In the present paper, an analysis of 1995 visitor-suicide rates (incorporating estimates for at-risk population) for 310 large US counties, including places both with and without gambling casinos, yields no evidence to support a gambling-suicide relationship.

Language: en

Keywords

Casino area; gambling; Gambling; Suicide