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Table 3 CMRs/100 PY (95% CI) during OAT, stratified by age, OAT medication and gender

From: Mortality and causes of death among patients with opioid use disorder receiving opioid agonist treatment: a national register study

 

PY in OAT (%)

Deaths,

n (%)

CMR/100 PY (95% CI)

Drug-induced cause of death

Somatic cause of death

Violent cause

of death

2014

7220

95 (48)

1.3 (1.1–1.6)

NA

NA

NA

2015

7439

105 (52)

1.4 (1.2–1.7)

NA

NA

NA

Total

14,659

200

1.4 (1.2–1.6)

0.6 (0.5–0.7)

0.6 (0.5–0.8)

0.2 (0.1–0.2)

Age

 < 41 years

5570 (38)

33 (17)

0.6 (0.4–0.8)

0.3 (0.2–0.5)

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

 41–50 years

5424 (37)

81 (41)

1.5 (1.2–1.9)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

 > 50 years

3665 (25)

86 (43)

2.4 (1.9–2.9)

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

1.4 (1.0–1.8)

0.1 (0.0–0.3)

OAT medication

 Methadone

5707 (39)

109 (55)

1.9 (1.6–2.3)

0.8 (0.6–1.1)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

 Buprenorphine

8487 (58)

82 (41)

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

0.4 (0.3–0.6)

0.4 (0.3–0.6)

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

Gender

 Male

10,261 (70)

147 (73)

1.4 (1.2–1.7)

0.6 (0.4–0.7)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

 Female

4398 (30)

53 (27)

1.2 (0.9–1.6)

0.6 (0.4–0.8)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

  1. CMR crude mortality rate, PY person-years, CI confidence interval, OAT opioid agonist treatment, NA not applicable
  2. Causes of death n = 197, three patients with other/unknown cause of death excluded
  3. OAT medication n = 191, other OAT medication excluded. This represents the use of OAT medication at the time of death. We could not obtain information about the changes in OAT medication before death