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Table 3 Underlying cause of death (n = 56) with mean age at death

From: The association between drug use and mortality in a norwegian prison cohort: a prospective cohort study

Underlying cause of death

n (%)

Mean age at death (SD)

Total

56 (100)

47.12 (12.89)

Circulatory or respiratory disease

8 (14.3)

57.50 (12.22)

Other disease

8 (14.3)

56.00 (4.47)

Total Internal cause of death

16 (28.6)

56.75 (8.93)

Drug-related

17 (30.4)

38.82 (7.14)

Opioids 1

14 (82.4) 1

38.71 (7.48) 1

Other external cause

14 (25.0)

41.50 (13.77)

Suicide 2

5 (35.7) 2

36.40 (11.72) 2

Total External cause of death

31 (55.4)

40.03 (10.54)

Missing/Unknown cause of death

9 (16.1)

54.44 (11.66)

  1. 1Subgroup of “Drug-related deaths”
  2. 2Subgroup of “Other external cause”