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| Title: |
A multicentre study on the causes of death among Italian injecting drug users. AIDS has overtaken overdose as the principal cause of death |
| Author: |
Mezzelani, P. Quaglio, G. L. Venturini, L. Gics, F. Lugoboni Friedman, S. R. Jarlais, D. C. Des |
| Appeared in: |
AIDS care |
| Paging: | Volume 10 (1998) nr. 1 pages 61-67 |
| Year: |
1998-02-01 |
| Contents: |
The causes of death among injecting drug users (IDUs) are still being discussed worldwide. We analysed the causes of death among IDUs attending 26 centres for drug users in North-Eastern Italy from 1985 to 1994. The study of a total number of 1,022 deaths reveals the following: (1) AIDS has become the primary cause of death among IDUs since 1991 and is rising even in an area with a moderate HIV seroprevalence; (2) the mean age of death in AIDS patients proved higher than among patients who died of other causes (which may be due to the long incubation period of AIDS); (3) our data do not reveal higher HIV seroprevalence among IDUs who died of overdose and suicide as opposed to IDUs who died of other causes; (4) the mortality rate in IDUs is significantly higher when compared to that of the general population in the same age group. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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