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Socio-demographic profile and HIV and hepatitis C prevalence among persons who died of a drug overdose
(Profil socio-démographique et prévalence du VIH et de l'hépathite C chez des personnes décédées d'overdose)
Auteur(s) :
MILLER, C. L. ;
CHAN, K. J. ;
PALEPU, A. ;
TYNDALL, M. ;
WOOD, E. ;
HOGG, R. ;
O'SHAUGHNESSY, M. V.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
459-470
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
20
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Thésaurus mots-clés
SURDOSE
;
MORTALITE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
COHORTE
;
SEROPOSITIVITE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
AGE
;
SEXE
;
NATIONALITE
;
TRAJECTOIRE
Note générale :
Addiction Research, 2001, 9, (5, numéro spécial "Drug overdose"), 459-470
Note de contenu :
Tab. ; Graph.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Objective: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and HIV and Hepatitis C prevalence among persons who died of a drug overdose in the Vancouver metropolis health region in 1998. Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on a11 overdose death files in the Vancouver/Richmond health region reported to the Office of the Chief Coroner. The files included, autopsy, toxicology, virology, and coroner reports. External linkages were done to determine the proportion of individuals on antiretroviral treatment. Contingency analyses were conducted to determine factors associated with Hepatitis C and HIV seropositivity. Results: Data on a total of 199 deaths were obtained from the coroner's office. Of these 37 (18.6%) were female and 162 (8I.4%) were male. A total of 25 (12.6%) deaths were among persons of First Nations descent and 134 (73.6%) were among chronic drug users. The median age at death was 38 years (Interquartile range [IQR]: 325 years). The drug most commonly responsible for overdose was heroin [89 (47.3%) deaths]. A total of 91 (45.7%) deaths were tested for HIV and 95 (47.7%) deaths were tested for HCV. Of those deaths, 28 (29.8%) were HIV-positive and 78(78.0%) were HCV-positive. Conclusion: Our analysis suggests that those dying of illicit drug overdose in Vancouver during 1998, are largely comprised of older, male, chronic injection drug users. Rates of HIV and HCV positivity are very high in this group. (Author's abstract)
Objective: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and HIV and Hepatitis C prevalence among persons who died of a drug overdose in the Vancouver metropolis health region in 1998. Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on a11 overdose death files in the Vancouver/Richmond health region reported to the Office of the Chief Coroner. The files included, autopsy, toxicology, virology, and coroner reports. External linkages were done to determine the proportion of individuals on antiretroviral treatment. Contingency analyses were conducted to determine factors associated with Hepatitis C and HIV seropositivity. Results: Data on a total of 199 deaths were obtained from the coroner's office. Of these 37 (18.6%) were female and 162 (8I.4%) were male. A total of 25 (12.6%) deaths were among persons of First Nations descent and 134 (73.6%) were among chronic drug users. The median age at death was 38 years (Interquartile range [IQR]: 325 years). The drug most commonly responsible for overdose was heroin [89 (47.3%) deaths]. A total of 91 (45.7%) deaths were tested for HIV and 95 (47.7%) deaths were tested for HCV. Of those deaths, 28 (29.8%) were HIV-positive and 78(78.0%) were HCV-positive. Conclusion: Our analysis suggests that those dying of illicit drug overdose in Vancouver during 1998, are largely comprised of older, male, chronic injection drug users. Rates of HIV and HCV positivity are very high in this group. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
BC Ctr. Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Fac. Med., Univ. British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Canada