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Article de Périodique
Estimating the levels of acute drug-related deaths in France, 2001-2002: A simple technique to measure bias in overdoses recording (2010)
Auteur(s) :
JANSSEN, E.
Année :
2010
Page(s) :
105-112
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Thésaurus mots-clés
MORTALITE
;
METHODE
;
CAPTURE-RECAPTURE
;
CAUSE DE DECES
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
Résumé :
Objective: To estimate under-recording of drug-related deaths in France.
Materials: A capture-recapture indicator is proposed with a view to estimating the number of drug-related deaths. The indicator is applied when cross-checking general mortality registry and police data sources.
Results: The under-recording of drug-related deaths was reaching 40% for the 2 years considered on the basis of the estimator.
Conclusion: The hypothesis adopted is that the deaths were subject to erroneous coding, and the causes classified as unknown or ill-defined. Official data should be interpreted with caution. Nevertheless, this issue should not hide the effects of an early implemented harm reduction policy. Further analysis is required to confirm and extrapolate the findings.
Materials: A capture-recapture indicator is proposed with a view to estimating the number of drug-related deaths. The indicator is applied when cross-checking general mortality registry and police data sources.
Results: The under-recording of drug-related deaths was reaching 40% for the 2 years considered on the basis of the estimator.
Conclusion: The hypothesis adopted is that the deaths were subject to erroneous coding, and the causes classified as unknown or ill-defined. Official data should be interpreted with caution. Nevertheless, this issue should not hide the effects of an early implemented harm reduction policy. Further analysis is required to confirm and extrapolate the findings.
Affiliation :
OFDT, St Denis, France