Abstract
The aim of the study is to assess the trends of overdose and drug related fatalities in the Republic of Macedonia during the 11 years. Cross-sectional retrospective survey and reviewed of postmortem toxicological analyses which examined fatal poisonings with illegal drugs in years 2002-2013. Information about gender, age, drug consumption, reported years were analyzed. Narcotics were confirmed with toxicological semi quantitative fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) in urine (range 250-4000 ng/ml). Total of 165 deaths were observed. Out of them 145 (87.9%) were male. There is statistical significant differences between male and female DRD due to age (Mann-Whitney U Test = 925, Z = -2626, p = 0.0087). For p < 0.05 there is significant differences between genders due to cause of overdose (Pearson Chi-square = 9743, df = 4, p = 0.0449). DRD among male were mainly because of overdose due to heroin in 80 (51.17%) cases followed by DRD due to combination of methadone and BZD in 25 (11.72%) cases. Out of all DRD cases 50 (30.3%) are related to polydrug use. For p < 0.01 there is a significant differences between analyzed age groups due to cause of overdose (Pearson Chi-square = 33,886, df = 12, p = 0.0007). Death cause analysi...Continue Reading
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