Historique
Rapport
Mortality among drug users in Europe: new and old challenges for public health
Auteur(s) :
OEDT = EMCDDA (Observatoire européen des drogues et des dépendances = European monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction) ;
GIRAUDON, I. ;
BUSTER, M. ;
ESPELT, A. ;
MATIAS, J. ;
VICENTE, J.
Année
2015
Page(s) :
21 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Collection :
EMCDDA Papers
ISBN :
978-92-9168-757-2
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
EUROPE
;
UNION EUROPEENNE
Organismes
OEDT
Thésaurus mots-clés
MORTALITE
;
COHORTE
;
SURDOSE
;
CAUSE DE DECES
;
SUICIDE
;
OPIOIDES
;
USAGE PROBLEMATIQUE
;
COCAINE
;
AMPHETAMINE
Résumé :
This paper examines the overall number of lives lost due to drug use. All-cause mortality among problem drug users is investigated by means of cohort studies, which link data from death registries to drug treatment records. Building on earlier work, the paper presents data from nine European countries not previously studied using the same methodology. The study finds that the risk of death among problem drug users is typically 10 or more times that among their peers in the general population. The analysis shows that the deaths of problem drug users are overwhelmingly premature and preventable.
Affiliation :
Lisbon, Portugal