Mortality in the SuperMIX cohort of people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To measure mortality rates and factors associated with mortality risk among participants in the SuperMIX study, a prospective cohort study of people who inject drugs.

Design

A prospective observational study using self-reported behavioural and linked mortality data.

Setting

Melbourne, Australia.

Participants/cases

A total of 1209 people who inject drugs (67% male) followed-up between 2008 and 2019 for 6913 person-years (PY).

Measurements

We linked participant identifiers from SuperMIX to the Australian National Death Index and estimated all-cause and drug-related mortality rates and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs). We used Cox regression to examine associations between mortality and fixed and time-varying socio-demographic, alcohol and other dr

SUBMITTER: Hill PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature