Report on the Drug Situation 2010 - Bundesministerium für ...
Report on the Drug Situation 2010 - Bundesministerium für ...
Report on the Drug Situation 2010 - Bundesministerium für ...
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
In <strong>the</strong> EMCDDA working group <strong>on</strong> cohort mortality, an analysis of directly drug-related<br />
mortality of people undergoing opioid substituti<strong>on</strong> treatment was carried out in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Figure 6.3<br />
Directly drug-related deaths per 1 000 pers<strong>on</strong> years of men, women and total number,<br />
of people entering OST for <strong>the</strong> first time in <strong>the</strong> period between 1 January 2000 and 31<br />
December 2008<br />
8<br />
7<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
6.40<br />
5.60<br />
2<br />
3.50<br />
1<br />
0<br />
Men Women Total<br />
Note: The black lines refer to <strong>the</strong> width of <strong>the</strong> 95% c<strong>on</strong>fidence intervals.<br />
Source: data analysis and representati<strong>on</strong> by GÖG/ÖBIG<br />
For this purpose, <strong>the</strong> data from <strong>the</strong> substituti<strong>on</strong> registry and <strong>the</strong> statistics of drugrelated<br />
deaths were linked after <strong>the</strong>y had been pseud<strong>on</strong>ymised 30 . The analysis relates<br />
to those pers<strong>on</strong>s who between 1 January 2000 and 31 December2008 entered opioid<br />
substituti<strong>on</strong> treatment for <strong>the</strong> first time in life.<br />
30<br />
Pseud<strong>on</strong>ymisati<strong>on</strong> means that pers<strong>on</strong>al data such as name, date of birth, etc., are replaced by an identifier that<br />
cannot be traced back. In this way it is possible to see which data refer to <strong>on</strong>e and <strong>the</strong> same pers<strong>on</strong> without<br />
permitting an identificati<strong>on</strong> of c<strong>on</strong>crete pers<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
62 © GÖG/ÖBIG, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> Situati<strong>on</strong> <strong>2010</strong>