All-cause mortality and overdose deaths among 4192 people who inject drugs in Stockholm: a 10-year register-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who inject drugs (PWID) face premature mortality, particularly from opioid overdose. In Sweden, harm reduction has expanded, including increased access to opioid agonist therapy (OAT) and the 2018 introduction of Take-Home Naloxone (THN). This study aimed to examine trends in all-cause and cause-specific mortality and to estimate predictors of all-cause and opioid overdose mortality among PWID in Stockholm.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study from April 2013 to March 2023. Data from the national Cause of Death Register were linked to Stockholm Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) records. Causes of death were categorised as opioid overdoses, external causes, internal/natural causes, or other/unknown. Crude mortality rates and age- and sex-standard

SUBMITTER: Holmen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12934103 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature