Joe G W, Simpson D D
Am J Public Health. 1987 Mar;77(3):347-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.77.3.347.
Mortality rates and survival curves were estimated for a sample of opioid addicts who had survived to an initial six-year follow-up interview. A total of 52 of the 555 addicts died between the six-year and 12-year follow-up interviews, which corresponds to an average of 13.8 deaths/1,000 person years. This rate is 6.9 times greater than the general population, adjusting for age. Approximately 29 per cent of the deaths were due to violence and 48 per cent to drugs.
对一组存活至首次六年随访访谈的阿片类药物成瘾者样本进行了死亡率和生存曲线估计。在555名成瘾者中,共有52人在六年至十二年随访访谈期间死亡,这相当于平均每1000人年有13.8人死亡。调整年龄后,该死亡率比普通人群高6.9倍。约29%的死亡原因是暴力,48%是药物相关原因。