Background We aimed to assess the effect of ageing and time since first heroin/cocaine use
on cause-specific mortality risk and age disparities in excess mortality among heroin (HUs) …

Background Previous analyses of excess mortality in drug users compared with the general
population have almost always been based on mortality ratios, reporting much higher …

We assessed mortality risk factors and excess mortality compared to the general population
in two Spanish sub-cohorts of 8,825 cocaine and heroin users (CHUs) and 11,905 only …

Background: Studies have highlighted 2 different groups of cocaine users (CUs):“socially
integrated”(stable living conditions, regular employment, use cocaine alone or in …

BACKGROUND: Published studies indicate that primary cocaine users (PCUs) have a
mortality rate 4–8 times higher than their age–sex peers in the general population. Most …

Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the mortality risks, over 20 years of
follow-up in a nationally representative sample, associated with illegal drug use and to …

Results In Spain, mortality from illegal drug use fell from 22.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, aged
15-49 years (16.4% of all deaths) in 1996 to 8.9/100,000 in 2000 (7.8% of all deaths) …

Background The aim of this study was to examine heroin mortality trends and changes in
causes of death, across time and age, in a cohort of the heroin population of treated …

Cohort study on 471 subjects resident in the metropolitan area of Bologna who had visited a
public treatment center for problems due to the abuse of cocaine from January 1, 1988 to …

Background Mortality in high-risk groups such as people who use illicit drugs is often
expressed in relative terms such as standardised ratios. These measures are highest for …