Abstract
We calculated proportions and trends in contributing causes of death among persons with AIDS (PWA) and a history of injection drug use (IDU) in New York City and compared the proportions with those among PWA with a transmission risk of high-risk heterosexual sex (HRH) and men who have sex with men (MSM). We included all 10,575 injection drug user, HRH, and MSM residents aged 13+ years with AIDS reported by September 30, 2006, who died from 1999 through 2004. Accidental drug overdose was the most frequent contributing cause of death among IDUs (20.5%). Overdose prevention initiatives may greatly and immediately reduce deaths among PWA.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 245-253 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Substance Use and Misuse |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 10 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- AIDS
- cause of death
- injection drug users
- mortality
- overdose
- preventable death
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health(social science)
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Medicine(all)
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Excess mortality among injection drug users with AIDS, New York city (1999-2004). / Pfeiffer, Melissa R.; Hanna, David B.; Begier, Elizabeth M.; Sepkowitz, Kent A.; Zimmerman, Regina; Sackoff, Judith E.
In: Substance Use and Misuse, Vol. 46, No. 2-3, 10.01.2011, p. 245-253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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