title: Adolescent-onset substance use disorders predict young adult mortality.
abstract: This study determined whether adolescent-onset substance use disorders (SUDs) prospectively predicted early mortality. Among 870 adolescents, 21 young adulthood deaths were observed. Adolescent SUDs, as well as gender, ethnic group, hazardous substance use, and drug trafficking, predicted these deaths. Among African American males with SUDs, 23% died by age 25.
authors.affiliation: Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. clarkdb@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Duncan B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Jack R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cornelius
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology