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Table 3 Deaths and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) for opioid addicts for each five-year period

From: A 20-year prospective study of mortality and causes of death among hospitalized opioid addicts in Oslo

 

Self-poisonings

Voluntary detoxification

Total

 

Deaths

SMR (95% CI)

Deaths

SMR (95% CI)

Deaths

SMR (95% CI)

Period 1

12

28.8 (16.3–50.7)

10

38.0 (20.5–70.7)

22

32.4 (21.3–49.1)

Period 2

11

28.2 (15.6–51.0)

9

31.1 (16.2–59.7)

20

29.5 (19.0–45.7)

Period 3

11

27.5 (15.5–49.7)

5

16.0 (6.7–38.4)

16

22.5 (13.8–36.7)

Period 4

6

12.1 (5.4–26.9)

6

15.1 (7.0–33.7)

12

13.4 (7.6–23.7)

Total

40

23.5 (17.2–32.0)

30

23.8 (16.6–40.0)

70

23.6 (18.7–29.9)