Drug Related Deaths in Scotland

This describes a study that involved age-period-cohort analyses to investigate whether cohort effects from exposure to the changing political context from the 1980s could explain the recent trends in drug-related deaths in Scotland. We present evidence consistent with this; evidence of an increased risk of drug-related deaths for the cohort born between 1960 and 1980, especially amongst males, and in those living in the most deprived areas. The cohort at highest risk occurred earlier in the most deprived areas. To our knowledge this is the first report showing such a cohort effect.

本项研究通过对年龄、时期和出生队列的交叉分析，旨在探究20世纪80年代以来政治环境变迁所引起的队列效应是否能够解释苏格兰近期药物相关死亡趋势。本研究呈现了与此一致的证据；出生于1960年至1980年之间的队列，尤其是男性，以及居住在最贫困地区的个体，其药物相关死亡风险增加。在高风险队列中，该效应在贫困地区出现的时间较早。据我们所知，这是首次报道此类队列效应的研究报告。