Mortality, Causes of Death and Risk Factors for Death Among Primary Amphetamine Users in the Swedish Criminal Justice System
(2014) In Substance Use & Misuse 49(3). p.262-269- Abstract
- This study examined mortality and predictors of death in 1,396 primary amphetamine users (85% males) who were interviewed with the Addiction Severity Index in the Swedish criminal justice system during 2000-2006 and followed through 2008. Forty-nine clients deceased (standardized mortality ratio 4.1 [3.0-5.4]), at least 84% of deaths were violent or drug-related (12% suicides), and Cox regression analysis indicated that death was associated with frequent use of sedatives and less frequent use of amphetamine. No female deaths were observed; death and male gender were associated in binary analysis. Implications for diagnostics and treatment are discussed.
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- author
- Ericsson, Emmy ; Brådvik, Louise LU and Håkansson, Anders C LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- amphetamine, mortality, criminal justice, sedatives, stimulants
- in
- Substance Use & Misuse
- volume
- 49
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 262 - 269
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- wos:000329524400007
- scopus:84892148267
- pmid:23965040
- ISSN
- 1532-2491
- DOI
- 10.3109/10826084.2013.825921
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 24346df7-4116-4296-ba3d-055bfadad736 (old id 4319678)
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- 2016-04-01 14:52:51
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