title: Excess mortality among injection drug users with AIDS, New York City (1999-2004).
abstract: We calculated proportions and trends in contributing causes of death among persons with AIDS (PWA) and a history of injection drug use (IDU) in New York City and compared the proportions with those among PWA with a transmission risk of high-risk heterosexual sex (HRH) and men who have sex with men (MSM). We included all 10,575 injection drug user, HRH, and MSM residents aged 13+ years with AIDS reported by September 30, 2006 , who died from 1999 through 2004. Accidental drug overdose was the most frequent contributing cause of death among IDUs (20.5%). Overdose prevention initiatives may greatly and immediately reduce deaths among PWA.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Epidemiology Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York 10013, USA. mpfeiffe@health.nyc.gov
authors.forename: Melissa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Begier
authors.forename: Kent A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sepkowitz
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Judith E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sackoff
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D055030:Drug Users; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*