Titre : | The role of substance use in non-drug related deaths: a cross-sectional study of drug treatment clients in the North West of England (2007) |
Titre traduit : | (Rôle de l'usage de drogue dans le décompte des morts non lié à la drogue : étude transversale des toxicomanes pris en charge dans le nord ouest de l'Angleterre) |
Auteurs : | C. M. BEYNON ; J. McVEIGH |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Journal of Substance Use (Vol.12 n°1, 2007) |
Article en page(s) : | 39-47 |
Note générale : |
Journal of Substance Use, 2007, 12, (1), 39-47 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés MORTALITE ; ETUDE TRANSVERSALE ; ENQUETE ; INFECTIONThésaurus géographique ROYAUME-UNI |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Aims: (1) To identify all causes of death in a cohort of known problematic drug users; (2) to quantify the number considered drug-related in accordance with the UK Drug Strategy definition; (3) to identify the possible role of substance use in the residual causes of mortality. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: North West of England, UK. Participants: All problematic drug users in contact with structured treatment services in 2003-2004. Measurements: All causes of mortality were identified from death certificates. Mann-Whitney U and chi-squared tests were used to explore differences in subgroups (alive, drug related deaths (DRD), non-DRD) by age and sex, respectively. Findings: Of 27,810 individuals, 103 (0.4%) were confirmed dead. Of the 102 for whom cause of death was available, 72 (70.6%) deaths were classified as non-drug related. In addition to individual causes such as cellulitis, these non-drug related deaths included 16 from infection (seven from pneumonia), seven from alcohol related liver disorders and seven suicides. Those dying from non-DRDs were significantly older than those dying of DRD (p = 0.004). Conclusions: A considerable proportion of deaths classified as non-drug related are the likely result of substance use, particularly through infection. (Author' s abstract) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 27 |
Affiliation : |
Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool L3 2AY Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1301911 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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