大伦敦地区吸毒者的死亡率。
Mortality among drug addicts in Greater London.
作者信息
Ghodse A H, Sheehan M, Stevens B, Taylor C, Edwards G
出版信息
Br Med J. 1978;2(6154):1742-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.6154.1742.
During January 1970 to December 1974, 134 deaths in people aged 10-50 years investigated by coroners in Greater London were recorded as being due to drug addiction. Over three-quarters of the addicts were under 30, and 105 (78%) were male; 55 (41%) were unknown to the Home Office. Barbiturate overdose accounted for over half of the deaths, though two-thirds of these were in people registered as addicts to notifiable drugs. Since the Home Office index is concerned with addiction to one class of drugs only, it fails to reflect accurately the prevalence of all serious forms of addiction. Owing to the continuous change in drug-taking behaviour, however, probably no one method of assessment can provide a complete picture, and thus complementary research methods are essential.
1970年1月至1974年12月期间，大伦敦地区验尸官调查的10至50岁人群中有134例死亡被记录为因药物成瘾所致。超过四分之三的成瘾者年龄在30岁以下，其中105人（78%）为男性；55人（41%）不为内政部所知。巴比妥类药物过量导致了一半以上的死亡，尽管其中三分之二是在登记为应上报药物成瘾者的人群中。由于内政部的指数仅涉及对一类药物的成瘾情况，它无法准确反映所有严重成瘾形式的流行程度。然而，由于吸毒行为不断变化，可能没有一种评估方法能够提供全貌，因此互补的研究方法至关重要。
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