澳大利亚甲基胺相关死亡的20年趋势,2001-2020年
Oisin Stronach1, Paul Dietze2, Michael Livingston3
1School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Harm and Risk Reduction Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
The International journal on drug policy
|August 14, 2024
概括
澳大利亚的甲基相关死亡人数呈现出不同的趋势. 虽然无意中毒药物死亡人数略有增加,但自然死亡人数显著增加,这表明公共卫生问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在过去的20年里,澳大利亚的甲基胺相关危害在不断升级.
- 之前对甲基胺死亡的研究时间和范围有限,主要关注药物毒性.
- 这项研究提供了对各种原因的甲基胺相关死亡率趋势的20年全面分析.
研究的目的:
- 检查2001年至2020年澳大利亚甲基胺相关死亡的长期趋势.
- 确定与甲基胺使用相关的特定死亡原因及其随着时间的推移而变化的模式.
- 为公众健康战略和干预与甲基胺使用相关的信息.
主要方法:
- 利用来自国家冠状病毒信息系统的澳大利亚甲基胺相关死亡 (2001-2020) 的描述性分析.
- 雇员结合点趋势分析,以确定不同时期死亡率的重大变化.
- 按原因分类死亡:无意药物毒性,故意自伤,无意伤害,自然原因和袭击.
主要成果:
- 非故意的毒性药物占甲基胺相关死亡人数的49.8%.
- 甲基胺所有原因的死亡率呈现出增加 (2001-2006,2009-2016) 和减少 (2006-2009,2017-2020) 的时期.
- 死亡的自然原因,主要是由于循环系统疾病,显示出一个一致的增长趋势,特别是在2015年之后.
结论:
- 与甲基胺相关的死亡率趋势因原因而异;最近的非故意药物毒性死亡人数有所增加.
- 与甲基胺使用相关的自然死亡人数显著且持续增加,这引起了公众健康的关注.
- 建议包括考虑在使用甲基胺的人群中早期查循环系统疾病.
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