Cent Eur J Public Health 2014, 22(4):288-290 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3997

Difficulties in Recording Mortality Resulting from Drug Abuse

Ivana Marasović Šušnjara1, Marija Definis Gojanović2, Davor Vodopija3, Ankica Smoljanović1
1 Public Health Institutes of Split and Dalmatian County, Split, Croatia
2 Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Split University Hospital, Split, Croatia
3 Croatian Military Academies, Split, Croatia

It is considered, according to statements from different sources, that data on the number of deaths in the population of a certain country or region are accurate and correct, but determining causes of death is, for different reasons, often incorrect. There is, therefore, a justified doubt that there are more inaccurately registered drug abuse-related deaths in state registries. Hence, this paper tends to show the most frequent difficulties encountered when recording mortality resulting from drug abuse.

Keywords: mortality, drug abuse, death certificates, terminology, classification, toxicology

Received: January 6, 2014; Revised: October 9, 2014; Accepted: October 9, 2014; Published: December 1, 2014  Show citation

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Marasović Šušnjara I, Definis Gojanović M, Vodopija D, Smoljanović A. Difficulties in Recording Mortality Resulting from Drug Abuse. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2014;22(4):288-290. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a3997. PubMed PMID: 25622492.
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