Historique
Périodique
Commentary: extreme cause-specific mortality in a cohort of adult prisoners - 1988 to 2002: a data-linkage study
Auteur(s) :
CHRISTENSEN, P.
Année
2007
Page(s) :
317-318
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
10
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2007, 36, (2), 317-318
Résumé :
Kariminia et al. present the results of a large register study of Australian prisoners' long-term mortality where they linked the prison record system with the register of death certificates. The most striking results are the elevated mortality rates exceeding by far the mortality in the general population. Among 85 203 prisoners with a mean follow-up of 7.7 years, they observed 5137 deaths corresponding to a crude mortality rate of 7.9/1000 person-years, confirming that (ex)prisoners are a high risk group. Although the crude mortality was slightly higher for men, the standardized mortality rate (SMR) was twice as high for women ex-prisoners (3.7 vs 7.8). [Extract]
Affiliation :
Odense University Hospital, Section of Infectious Diseases, Odense, Denmark
Cote :
A03471