Analytics and Performance Reporting Branch, Alberta Ministry of Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2018 Sep;38(9):343-347. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.38.9.07.
Given the current opioid crisis in Canada, there is interest in the role of opioid toxicity in suicide deaths, particularly in whether any observed patterns are similar to those of unintentional deaths. The present analysis examined characteristics of opioid-toxicity suicide, and its role in relation to other suicide methods, from 2000 to 2016 in Alberta. It does not appear that the opioid crisis has resulted in a disproportionately higher number of suicides in Alberta. Individuals who die from unintentional opioid toxicity and those who die by opioid-toxicity suicide are likely distinct populations, requiring nuanced public health responses for prevention.
鉴于加拿大目前的阿片类药物危机，人们对阿片类药物毒性在自杀死亡中的作用很感兴趣，特别是观察到的任何模式是否与意外死亡相似。本分析研究了 2000 年至 2016 年艾伯塔省阿片类药物中毒自杀的特征及其与其他自杀方法的关系。阿片类药物危机似乎并没有导致艾伯塔省自杀人数不成比例地增加。死于意外阿片类药物毒性的人和死于阿片类药物中毒自杀的人可能是不同的人群，需要采取细致入微的公共卫生措施来预防。
