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Drug-related deaths and mortality in Europe: update from the EMCDDA expert network

11.05.2021

This report provides an update on drug-related deaths in Europe based primarily on presentations and discussions held at the 2019 meeting of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) expert network on drug-related deaths. The meeting brought together experts and...

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Drug-related hospital emergency presentations in Europe: update from the Euro-DEN Plus expert network

07.02.2020

This report presents the latest findings on drug-related hospital emergencies from a network of sentinel hospitals across Europe. Almost 24 000 emergency presentations were recorded at 32 sentinel hospitals over the first 4 years of the project. The data reveal that the substances most commonly...

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ): drug overdose deaths in Europe (topic overview)

30.08.2019

These pages provide an update on drug-related deaths in Europe, presenting and analysing the latest data on and trends in drug-induced deaths in the European Union, Norway and Turkey. They draw on contributions from specialists from these countries, as well as on information provided by European...

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Prevention of drug-related deaths – topic overview

30.08.2019

This publication describes some of the factors that increase the risk of fatal and non-fatal overdoses and a number of interventions developed to prevent these events. Worldwide, overdose is the leading cause of avoidable death among people who inject drugs. It accounts for nearly half of all...

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Drug-related deaths and mortality in Europe: update from the EMCDDA expert network

30.07.2019

This publication provides an update on drug-related deaths in Europe, presenting and analysing the latest data and trends in drug-induced deaths and overall mortality among high-risk drug users in the European Union and beyond. It draws on contributions from specialists representing more than 40...

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Mortality among drug users in Europe: new and old challenges for public health

01.02.2015

This paper examines the overall number of lives lost due to drug use. All-cause mortality among problem drug users is investigated by means of cohort studies, which link data from death registries to drug treatment records. Building on earlier work, the paper presents data from nine European...

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Cocaine–related deaths in special and general mortality registries

01.11.2012

There have been increased numbers of cocaine-related deaths reported in some European countries since the early 1990s and 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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Mortality related to drug use in Europe

01.11.2011

This Selected issue focuses on mortality among drug users due to all causes, of which drug-induced deaths (overdoses) is only a component, albeit the one most well-documented. The publication begins with an introduction to mortality cohort studies and then reviews the findings on overall mortality...

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Implementation, follow-up and analysis of cohort studies on mortality among drug users (report 2)

01.01.2000

This is the scientific report from the second phase of a project set up to promote and co-ordinate the setting up of cohorts of drug users recruited through treatment centres, in order to monitor the mortality risk of problematic drug users in Europe, taking into account the different pattern of...

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Implementation, follow-up and analysis of cohort studies on mortality among drug users (report 1)

01.07.1999

This is the final report from the first phase of a project set up to promote and co-ordinate the setting up of cohorts of drug users recruited through treatment centres, in order to monitor the mortality risk of problematic drug users in Europe, taking into account the different pattern of drug use...

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Literature review of studies of mortaility and feasibility study for a common methodology

01.12.1997

This is the final report of the EMCDDA project 'Review of scientific studies of mortality among drug users and feasibility study for a common methodology for monitoring overall and cause-specific mortality among drug users in Member States.' The project was developed according to the following...
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