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Drug-related deaths (DRD) in Europe: updates from the annual meeting of the EMCDDA DRD expert network (2020)

On 13-15 October 2020, the EMCDDA brought together more than seventy European and international experts for the annual meeting on the key indicator Drug-related deaths. The online meeting provided a space for sharing and discussing new data, studies and experiences at regional, national and...

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Codification practices of drug related deaths following the WHO revision of ICD coding guidelines related to DRDs – Part I

The aim of this project was to review drug-induced deaths data mainly from the general mortality registers (GMRs), including the codification practices of drug related deaths (DRDs) following the World Health Organisation (WHO) revision of ICD -10 coding guidelines related to DRDs.

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A review of the Inventory of the national Special Mortality Registries in Europe with a focus on information flow to the General Mortality Registries – Part II

The number of drug related deaths varies widely between countries and also sometimes in the same country in reported numbers from GMR and SR. These differences may be due to ‘real’ differences and/or differences in methodology, data quality and data completeness. The aim of this part of the...

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Codification practices in some countries following the WHO revision of ICD coding guidelines related to DRDs – Part III

Discrepancies observed in drug related deaths are not solely due to differences in the actual deaths due to drugs but also due to certification and coding differences. The main aim of this part of the project was that through the collection of detailed data on drug related deaths from a number of...

Minutes of the joint meeting: ‘Drug-related deaths and mortality among drug users’ and 'Drug-related infectious diseases', 2013

Minutes of the joint meeting ont he Drug-related deaths and mortality among drug users and Drug-related infectious diseases key indicators.

Minutes of the EMCDDA meeting 'Drug-related deaths and mortality among drug users’, 2013

Minutes of the annual expert meeting ‘Drug-related deaths and mortality among drug users’ key indicator.

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Analysis of the data sources, numbers and characteristics of cocaine-related DRD cases reported in Special Mortality Registries, or eventually in General Mortality Registries (GMR) when necessary

There have been increased numbers of cocaine-related deaths reported in some European countries since the early 1990s. There are indications that cocaine deaths are more difficult to define, detect and record as such in mortality registries, and more particularly in some countries’ General...

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Preventing opioid overdoses in Europe: A critical assessment of known risk factors and preventative measures

The objective of this report is to review the literature on preventable risks of fatal overdose in heroin users. To the extent that such factors can be identified, prevention and treatment interventions for potentially fatal overdoses can be informed by research findings. Extant reports already...

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Inventory of the national Special Mortality Registries in Europe, and description of the core data available

The key indicator 'Drug-Related Deaths (DRD) and mortality among drug users' has twocomponents. One is the overall and cause-specific mortality among drug users monitored through mortality cohort studies following drug users overtime. A second component is thestatistics on deaths directly caused...

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