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Volume 356:1785-1787 April 26, 2007 Number 17
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Mortality after Release from Prison

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To the Editor: In the article by Binswanger and colleagues (Jan. 11 issue),1 the mortality among former prisoners in Washington State — 777 deaths per 100,000 person-years — is striking. The investigators followed released inmates for a mean period of 1.9 years. The mortality soared immediately after release, and continued to be high after that period. Overall, the relative risk of death was 3.5 times that among other Washington residents in a reference group adjusted for age, sex, and race.

We studied longer-term mortality among 273 inmates (mean age, 43 years) admitted to the combined jail and prison system of . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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