Fatal uncertainty: death-rate from use of ecstasy or heroin.
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Abstract
We provide a 25-fold range for the ecstacy-related death rate per 10,000 15-24-year-old users in the UK: from 0.2 to 5.3, compared with the death rate of 1.0 from road traffic accidents in the same age-group. The heroin-related death rate in 15-24-year-old heroin users was much higher, but also imprecisely estimated: from 9.1 to 81.5 deaths per 10,000 15-24-year-old users. Data deficiencies which inhibit the calculation of drug-specific rates in this population should be remedied.
Medical subject headings
- Accidents, Traffic
- Hallucinogens
- Heroin
- N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
- Narcotics
- Substance-Related Disorders