Seventeen year mortality in a cohort of patients attending opioid agonist treatment in Ireland. Commentary on ‘methadone-maintained patients in primary care have higher rates of chronic disease’ (O’Toole et al., European Journal of General Practice 2014;20:275–80)

Figures & data

Figure 1. The six most common causes of death in the cohort of people attending opioid agonist treatment who were recruited the study in 1996 (n = 27). Causes are in order of ranking in the overall cohort. The number of deceased within each category does not add up to 27 because most death certificates noted several causes of death.