title: [Death due to drug addiction in Ile-de-France].
abstract: The aim of a cooperative study, carried out by the Paris Forensic Medicine Institute and the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM SC8) was to assess the number of drug addiction-related deaths occurring in the Paris region in 1990. There were 253 deaths including 92 in Paris and 161 in Paris suburbs. A large percentage of these deaths were not recorded in the National death statistics registry (only 36% of all the deaths and only 24% of the Paris deaths had been registered). The overall drug addiction mortality in the Paris region is 29.4 per million inhabitants and is highest among the 25-29 year age group. Rates decrease rapidly after 30 years of age and are extremely low after 40. Mortality is highest in unmarried men and in the inactive population with a wide variability according to site of residence. Rates are much higher in Paris than in the suburbs. For the 20-29 year population in Paris, drug addiction has an important impact on the mortality figures for the general population, causing 12% of all deaths. It is the third cause of death after AIDS and suicide.
authors.affiliation: Institut Médico-Légal de Paris et Université Paris V, Faculté Cochin, Port Royal.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hatton
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Toullec
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jougla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017678:Sex Distribution; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D018881:Suburban Health; D014504:Urban Health
vernacular_title: Décès par toxicomanie en Ile-de-France.