A persistent rise in mortality among injection drug users in Rome, 1980 through 1992

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ID11021645
AutoresMarina Davoli (0000-0003-4521-032X, Agenzia Regionale Parchi), Carlo A Perucci (Regione Campania), Elisabetta Rapiti (0000-0002-7847-7728), Anna Maria Bargagli (0000-0002-4222-5975), Daniela D’Ippoliti (0000-0001-9180-6074), Francesco Forastiere (0000-0002-9162-5684), Damiano Abeni (0000-0002-0167-7617, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata)
Año1997
Volumen87
Número5
Páginas851-853
Fecha de publicación1997-05-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.87.5.851
PMID9184520
OpenAlexW1964930298
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas14

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to analyze overall and cause-specific mortality among injection drug users in Rome. METHODS: A cohort of 4200 injection drug users was enrolled in drug treatment centers from 1980 through 1988 and followed up until December 1992. RESULTS: The age-adjusted mortality rate from all causes increased from 7.8/1000 person-years in 1985/86 to 27.7/1000 in 1991/92. The rise was mainly attributable to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), but mortality from overdose and other causes increased as well. The cumulative risk of death by the age of 40 was 29.3%. CONCLUSIONS: The impact of AIDS deaths appears to be additional to a persistent increase of mortality for all other causes

Cause of death · Cohort · Disease · Drug · Drug injection · Drug overdose · Injection drug use · Mortality rate · Poison control · Psychiatry · Census and Population Estimation · Demography · Emergency Medicine · Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Surgery · Pediatrics