Background Drug overdose is a common method of suicide in the elderly. Hence, an
understanding of current trends in epidemiology of these deaths is important when …

Background: Previous studies have shown an association between the rates of suicide
employing certain types of medications and the availability of those drugs. During recent …

The proportion of elderly in the population is increasing due to increased life expectancy
and falling birth rate, and suicide rates increase with age. This study examined the following …

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 …

This study investigated causes and manner of drug-related fatalities recorded in 2000 in the
United Kingdom, measuring the 'masked'manner of death in cases typically recorded as …

Background: Critical study of attempted suicides may allow greater understanding of
completed suicides because of the considerable overlap between attempted and completed …

Aims: In Sweden, suicides by drug poisoning have decreased in the population at large
during the past two decades. However, drug poisoning suicides increased among the …

BackgroundThe extent of suicide among addicts in the UK has not been sufficiently
examined. AimsTo examine suicide trends among registered addicts in the UK over a 25 …

AIMS: To evaluate premature mortality and causes of death from young adulthood to middle
age in a cohort of drug users followed during almost four decades DESIGN: Follow-up study …

Abstract A total of 2,442 drug-related deaths were recorded in Ireland between 1998 and
2005, according to the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI), which is maintained …