The same was not true for men.
But this study found women who grew up where the drinking age was below 21 had a 12 percent higher risk for suicide and a 15 percent higher risk of dying from homicide.
They add, female victims of homicide are most often killed by an acquaintance during episodes of alcohol-fueled domestic violence.
Scientists say raising the drinking age to 21 back in 1984 may have prevented upward to 600 suicides and 600 homicides each year.
