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Table 5 Non-overdose and overdose death in different time-intervals following treatment start (n = 6871) and treatment cessation (n = 1650): crude mortality rates (CMR) per 1000 person-years and 95% confidence interval

From: From restrictive to more liberal: variations in mortality among patients in opioid maintenance treatment over a 12-year period

 

1–2 weeks

2–4 weeks

2–6 months

6 months and after

n

PY

CMR (CI)

n

PY

CMR (CI)

n

PY

CMR (CI)

n

PY

CMR (CI)

After treatment start

 Non-overdose

7

340

20.6 (5.3–35.8)

2

335

6.0 (0.0–14.2)

21

3124

6.7 (3.8–9.6)

348

28,894

12.0 (10.8–13.3)

 Overdose

2

340

5.9 (0.0–14.0)

0

335

0

11

3124

3.5 (1.4–5.6)

147

28,894

5.1 (4.3–5.9)

After treatment stop

 Non-overdose

4

127

31.4 (0.6–62.2)

3

112

26.7 (0.0–56.9)

39

1008

38.7 (26.5–50.8)

184

6700

27.5 (23.5–31.4)

 Overdose

0

127

0

2

112

17.8 (0.0–42.5)

28

1008

27.8 (17.5–38.1)

129

6700

19.3 (15.9–22.6)