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Mortality of intravenous drug users : attenders of the Wellington drug clinic 1972-89
(Mortalité chez les toxicomanes intraveineux ayant fréquenté la clinique spécialisée de Wellington de 1972 à 1989)
Auteur(s) :
DUKES P.D. ;
ROBINSON, G. M. ;
ROBINSON, B. J.
Année
1992
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0959-5236
Refs biblio. :
23
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Review, 1992, 11, 197-201
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Etude sur la mortalité dans une population de 997 toxicomanes, entre 1972 et 1989. On a relevé 67 décès, avec un taux 11,5 fois plus élevé avant 25 ans, et 5,8 fois supérieur entre 25 et 34 ans. Les différentes causes de mort sont relatées (suicide, traumatisme, myocardites, drogues...). On note que le taux de décès lié aux opiacés eux-mêmes est bas. Ce travail trouve son intérêt en période pré-sida, chez les toxicomanes intraveineux.
ENGLISH :
A mortality study of 997 patients registered for treatment at the Wellington Drug clinic since 1971 was undertaken by examining the New Zealand death records. Sixty-seven known deaths were reported. This mortality rates were increased 11,5 times under the age of 25 years, and 5,8 times for age 25-34 years, but not significanlty thereafter. There were 7 deaths from trauma, 8 from suicide, and 28 accidental deaths. Myocarditis was the cause of death in four cases. In the 28 drug-related deaths the principle drugs incriminated were dextropropoxyphene, barbiturates, chloral hydrate, methadone and other opiates. Twenty-one deaths were due to unrelated diseases. It was considered important to document mortality in intravenous drug users in the "pre-HIV" era. This study demonstrates quite low death rates from opioid drugs themselves. (Author's abstract)
Etude sur la mortalité dans une population de 997 toxicomanes, entre 1972 et 1989. On a relevé 67 décès, avec un taux 11,5 fois plus élevé avant 25 ans, et 5,8 fois supérieur entre 25 et 34 ans. Les différentes causes de mort sont relatées (suicide, traumatisme, myocardites, drogues...). On note que le taux de décès lié aux opiacés eux-mêmes est bas. Ce travail trouve son intérêt en période pré-sida, chez les toxicomanes intraveineux.
ENGLISH :
A mortality study of 997 patients registered for treatment at the Wellington Drug clinic since 1971 was undertaken by examining the New Zealand death records. Sixty-seven known deaths were reported. This mortality rates were increased 11,5 times under the age of 25 years, and 5,8 times for age 25-34 years, but not significanlty thereafter. There were 7 deaths from trauma, 8 from suicide, and 28 accidental deaths. Myocarditis was the cause of death in four cases. In the 28 drug-related deaths the principle drugs incriminated were dextropropoxyphene, barbiturates, chloral hydrate, methadone and other opiates. Twenty-one deaths were due to unrelated diseases. It was considered important to document mortality in intravenous drug users in the "pre-HIV" era. This study demonstrates quite low death rates from opioid drugs themselves. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Wellington Drug Alcohol Ctr, Wellington
Nouvelle Zélande. New Zealand.
Nouvelle Zélande. New Zealand.