A 12-YEAR STUDY (1975-1986) OF MORTALITY IN METHADONE-MAINTENANCE PATIENTS - SELECTED DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND DRUG-USE PATTERNS OF AIDS AND NON-AIDS-RELATED DEATHS

Authors
PETRY NM BICKEL WK BADGER GJ
Citation
Nm. Petry et al., A 12-YEAR STUDY (1975-1986) OF MORTALITY IN METHADONE-MAINTENANCE PATIENTS - SELECTED DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND DRUG-USE PATTERNS OF AIDS AND NON-AIDS-RELATED DEATHS, Substance use & misuse, 33(12), 1998, pp. 2521-2534
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse","Substance Abuse",Psychiatry,Psychology
Journal title
Substance use & misuse → ACNP
ISSN journal
10826084
Volume
33
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2521 - 2534
Database
ISI
SICI code
1082-6084(1998)33:12<2521:A1S(OM>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
This paper describes changes in demographic characteristics and drug u se patterns of persons who died while enrolled in a New York City meth adone-maintenance program during the years preceding and subsequent to the AIDS epidemic. Persons dying from AIDS were more likely to be you nger, Hispanic, and male than those dying from other causes. Drug use increased during the 12-year study period, and the spread of the HIV i nfection among drug users may be reflected in an increased use of inje ctable drugs.