Friday, August 24, 2007

Drug deaths too high in Downtown Eastside: study


VANCOUVER -- A report on illegal drug use in Vancouver says deaths were down in Vancouver and the rest of hepatitis B.C. for 2006.

However, residents of the Downtown Eastside don't fare well in the report from the Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use. It says residents there have seven times the provincial rate of drug-induced deaths and a 33 per cent higher death rate than the rest of the province.

Vancouver's rate of newly diagnosed hepatitis C cases declined from 2006 and new cases of HIV were down from 2005 in connection to intravenous drug use. read more

1 comment:

Victoria said...


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