Abstract
We examine major causes of death amongst persons in contact with drug-treatment services across Scotland during April 1996–March 2006, hereafter Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) cohort. Drug-treatment records were linked to national registers of deaths and hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnoses. For eras 1996/97–2000/01 and 2001/02–2005/06, we calculated cause-specific death-rates and standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) using age-, sex- and calendar-rates of the general Scottish population. Major causes of death were identified by high SMRs (>5 across eras) or rates (>50 per 100,000 person-years in either era), and their time-specific influences characterised by proportional hazards analyses.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 24–32 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | International Journal of Drug Policy |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Scotland
- drug treatment
- record linkage study
- Hepatitis C