Stop Analyzing Suicides, Drug- and Alcohol-Related Mortality Together: Response to “Are We Undercounting the True Burden of Mortality”

Tilstra AM.

Abstract A recent article from Spark et al. (Am J Epidemiol. AJE-01123-2021.R3) estimates the undercount of deaths due to suicides, drug- and alcohol-related mortality in a Colorado veteran population and argues for a standardized case definition for the three causes. A case definition for these three causes implies they should be analyzed together. This is problematic given the disparate trends in and historical context behind the three causes of death.

DOI

10.1093/aje/kwad002

Type

Journal article

Journal

American Journal of Epidemiology

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

05/01/2023

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