Stefan Gingerich

Increased drug use, sort of reckless drug use, reckless driving, interactions with police, interactions with other members of the community who they know may be dangerous. So just thinking about that, like I said, the gray area between intentional and unintentional is something that we at the health department are looking into understanding better.

Increased drug use, sort of reckless drug use, reckless driving, interactions with police, interactions with other members of the community who they know may be dangerous. So just thinking about that, like I said, the gray area between intentional and unintentional is something that we at the health department are looking into understanding better.

And one of the ways that we can do that, I don't know if we've mentioned this before on the podcast, is the violent death reporting system, the National Violent Death Reporting System, of which Minnesota is one part of 52. And so we just launched a dashboard for the Minnesota Violent Death Reporting System that provides a little bit more detail on the circumstances behind some of these cases.

And one of the ways that we can do that, I don't know if we've mentioned this before on the podcast, is the violent death reporting system, the National Violent Death Reporting System, of which Minnesota is one part of 52. And so we just launched a dashboard for the Minnesota Violent Death Reporting System that provides a little bit more detail on the circumstances behind some of these cases.

And we're hoping that can springboard us into getting the data into people's hands so that we can get a better understanding and guide prevention efforts.

And we're hoping that can springboard us into getting the data into people's hands so that we can get a better understanding and guide prevention efforts.

yeah that's i think that's a very good question um having not had the honor of getting to my 60s yet i can't speak from personal experience you'll get there i promise i mean i'm hoping um you know i i have lived through my 20s and i have lived through my 30s and so um i think you know it's it's gotta be something different for each five or 10 year age group. You know what I mean?

yeah that's i think that's a very good question um having not had the honor of getting to my 60s yet i can't speak from personal experience you'll get there i promise i mean i'm hoping um you know i i have lived through my 20s and i have lived through my 30s and so um i think you know it's it's gotta be something different for each five or 10 year age group. You know what I mean?

You know, as, as epidemiologists, we love to put these age groups into buckets and they don't really always fit the best with how life actually goes. Because, you know, you think about the adolescence and high school is very, very different from college. And that, you know, it separates at about 18, 19 years of age. And then we like to group the 20 to 25 or 30-year-olds.

You know, as, as epidemiologists, we love to put these age groups into buckets and they don't really always fit the best with how life actually goes. Because, you know, you think about the adolescence and high school is very, very different from college. And that, you know, it separates at about 18, 19 years of age. And then we like to group the 20 to 25 or 30-year-olds.

It's like, yeah, but the early 20s are very different from the late 20s. And so I think when we think about that, it needs to be considering what each of those age group stressors are. A good example that is not necessarily in the data, but I was talking about a few months ago with some colleagues, we were looking at the prevalence of alcohol use by gender and age for suicide decisions.

It's like, yeah, but the early 20s are very different from the late 20s. And so I think when we think about that, it needs to be considering what each of those age group stressors are. A good example that is not necessarily in the data, but I was talking about a few months ago with some colleagues, we were looking at the prevalence of alcohol use by gender and age for suicide decisions.

This is something that we found from the Minnesota Violent Death Reporting System. And I noticed among females, in the late thirties and forties, this alcohol prevalence just spikes. I mean, it's skyrocketed. And so this is all among people who have died by suicide in the past five years, five or six years. And so I asked a few of my female colleagues who I had gathered were in that age group.

This is something that we found from the Minnesota Violent Death Reporting System. And I noticed among females, in the late thirties and forties, this alcohol prevalence just spikes. I mean, it's skyrocketed. And so this is all among people who have died by suicide in the past five years, five or six years. And so I asked a few of my female colleagues who I had gathered were in that age group.

I didn't ask their age because that would be rude and uncouth. Um, But I said, what's, you know, you strike me as a woman in your late 30s, what's happening? Why is it? And they said, you know, it's very specific to that age group, but you've got often young kids, elementary and middle school kids.

I didn't ask their age because that would be rude and uncouth. Um, But I said, what's, you know, you strike me as a woman in your late 30s, what's happening? Why is it? And they said, you know, it's very specific to that age group, but you've got often young kids, elementary and middle school kids.

You've got parents who are probably needing a little more assistance with various day-to-day activities. Maybe you're caring for multiple generations in your own household.

You've got parents who are probably needing a little more assistance with various day-to-day activities. Maybe you're caring for multiple generations in your own household.

and because your kids are past this like toddler stage you have a little more freedom and encouragement by your female friends to have a drink every now and then and so it's like there's just this pervasive presence of alcohol in all these scenarios and they're super high stressed and so when we think about

and because your kids are past this like toddler stage you have a little more freedom and encouragement by your female friends to have a drink every now and then and so it's like there's just this pervasive presence of alcohol in all these scenarios and they're super high stressed and so when we think about