Robles Rafaela R, Matos Tomás D, Colón Héctor M, Sahai Hardeo, Reyes Juan C, Marrero C Amalia, Calderón José M
Centro de Estudios en Adicción, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, PO Box 60327, Bayamón, PR 00960-6032.
P R Health Sci J. 2003 Dec;22(4):369-76.
This paper assesses mortality rate for a cohort of drug users in Puerto Rico compared with that of the Island's general population, examining causes of death and estimating relative risk of death. Date and cause of death were obtained from death certificates during 1998. Vital status was confirmed through contact with subjects, family, and friends. HIV/AIDS was the major cause of death (47.7%), followed by homicide (14.6%), and accidental poisoning (6.3%). Females had higher relative risk of death than males in all age categories. Not living with a sex partner and not receiving drug treatment were related to higher mortality due to HIV/AIDS. Drug injection was the only variable explaining relative risk of death due to overdose. Puerto Rico needs to continue developing programs to prevent HIV/AIDS among drug users. Special attention should be given to young women, who appear to be in greatest need of programs to prevent early mortality.
本文评估了波多黎各一群吸毒者的死亡率，并与该岛普通人群的死亡率进行比较，研究死亡原因并估计相对死亡风险。死亡日期和原因来自1998年期间的死亡证明。通过与受试者、家人和朋友联系确认生命状态。艾滋病毒/艾滋病是主要死因（47.7%），其次是凶杀（14.6%）和意外中毒（6.3%）。在所有年龄组中，女性的相对死亡风险高于男性。未与性伴侣同居且未接受戒毒治疗与因艾滋病毒/艾滋病导致的较高死亡率有关。药物注射是解释过量用药导致相对死亡风险的唯一变量。波多黎各需要继续制定计划以预防吸毒者中的艾滋病毒/艾滋病。应特别关注年轻女性，她们似乎最需要预防过早死亡的计划。
