Shai D
Department of Sociology, Villanova University, Pennsylvania 19085.
Int J Addict. 1994 Dec;29(14):1801-11. doi: 10.3109/10826089409128258.
The accuracy of statistics on drug-related deaths depends on numerous processes at work from the investigation of the death-scene to the categorization of the case in official statistics. This article discusses problems in lack of information, pressures on medical examiners, definition, nomenclature, and conventions of coding. The implications for comparisons of rates of drug-related deaths across ethnic groups and geographic areas are discussed.
与药物相关死亡统计数据的准确性取决于从死亡现场调查到官方统计中病例分类等众多环节。本文讨论了信息缺失、法医面临的压力、定义、命名法以及编码惯例等问题。还讨论了这些问题对不同种族群体和地理区域药物相关死亡率比较的影响。
