
V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Connecticut Alcohol-Related Fatality Analysis
J. ARIMA Analyses of Connecticut Alcohol-Related Fatalities Involving Men 21 to 34 Years Old
The random effects ARIMA model (000) (000) results indicated that there was a significant decrease in the alcohol-related fatality trend for men 21 to 34 following the beginning of the campaign and including the 18-month period from July 2003 through December 2004 (p<.03). As shown in Table 37, the estimated reduction in the number of fatalities by 1.568 lives each month for the 18 months following the beginning of the campaign led to a total estimate of about 28 lives saved in 18 months.
Table 37. Connecticut Alcohol-Related Fatality Trend Involving Men 21 to 34 Years Old ARIMA Results: Parameter Estimates for Alcohol-Related Fatalities
|
-1.568 |
.571 |
-2.748 |
.008 |
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-0.16 |
.062 |
-.252 |
.802 |
5.800 |
.869 |
6.674 |
.000 |
|