A person who abuses opioids ("extramedical use") has an increased risk of early death. Death may be due to a range of conditions that must be considered when determining the cause of death.
Factors affecting risk:
(1) injection drug abuse
(2) mixed drug abuse
(3) infectious disease (HIV, hepatitis C)
(4) criminal activity
Causes of death may include:
(1) suicide
(2) violence (homicide)
(3) accidental/unintentional injury
(4) cancer
(5) liver disease
(6) AIDS
(7) other infectious diseases
(8) overdose
(9) other poisoning
(10) other noncommunicable disorders (renal, cardiac, respiratory, etc)
To read more or access our algorithms and calculators, please log in or register.
