Injecting drug users have a mortality risk between 10 and 20 times higher than the general
population, and the persistent high mortality rate in most Western countries, and especially …

OBJECTIVE: To identify causes of death among Norwegian drug abusers and to investigate
the risk factors for fatal overdose and other causes of death, with specific attention to ageing …

Current drug abusers in Norway seem to differ from those of 25-30 years ago in several
respects, namely with regard to selection to drug abuse, living conditions, and the social …

Illicit drug use is an important cause of premature deaths globally. The purpose of this study
was to assess deaths that occurred among treatment-seeking drug users in Greater Helsinki …

Background Although mortality is a known complication of illicit drug use, robust
epidemiological studies on drug-related mortality in Finland are scarce. We examined all …

Background: This article presents a 30-year follow-up study of a cohort of 1163 substance
misusers who were in inpatient treatment in the early 1980s. Data was originally collected in …

BACKGROUND: Substance abusers are known to have a high mortality, but the mortality
rate and cause of death pattern has varied between studies and over time. The aim of the …

Aim: The aim of the thesis was to assess overall mortality and cause-specific mortality
among drug addicts in Stockholm and also to study the relationship between cannabis and …

Drug users are generally thought to experience higher mortality rates than those found
among the general population. This study analyzes mortality rates among different …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. To examine the overall mortality and causes of deaths of a
large cohort of users of illicit drugs in Stockholm over 37 years. Design and Methods. People …