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International Journal of Epidemiology 2007 36(2):317-318; doi:10.1093/ije/dym014
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2007; all rights reserved.

Commentary: Extreme cause–specific mortality in a cohort of adult prisoners—1988 to 2002: a data-linkage study

Peer Christensen

Odense University Hospital, Section of Infectious Diseases, Odense, Denmark E-mail: peer.christensen@dadlnet.dk

Accepted 25 January 2007

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   Sentenced to death—after release!
 
Kariminia et al.1 present the results of a large register study of Australian prisoners’ long-term mortality where they linked the prison record system with the register of death certificates. The most striking results are the elevated mortality rates exceeding by far the mortality in the general population. Among 85 203 prisoners with a mean follow-up of 7.7 years, they observed 5137 deaths corresponding to a crude mortality rate of 7.9/1000 person-years, confirming that (ex)prisoners are a high risk group. Although the crude mortality was slightly higher for men, the standardized mortality rate . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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