Deaths among homeless persons - San Francisco

Article Abstract:

A survey of records of the San Francisco medical examiner found that 644 homeless people died between Jan 1, 1985, through Dec 31, 1990. Thirty-five percent died on the street. Thirty-nine percent died of natural causes, 34% from accidental causes, 13% from homicides and 6% from suicides. Drugs or alcohol were detected in 78%. In fact, one-third were legally intoxicated at the time of death. The presence of morphine - an indication of heroin use - was detected in 21%, cocaine in 14% and amphetamines in 8%. The percentage of homeless people found with drugs in their bodies at death increased during the six-year period.

California, San Francisco, California

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The characteristics and needs of sheltered homeless and low-income housed mothers

Article Abstract:

Homeless women share many of the same problems as housed women on welfare but there are important differences. Researchers compared the social, economic and health characteristics of 220 homeless women in shelters and 216 housed women on welfare. Almost half the homeless women earned less than $7,000 annually, compared to 17% of the women on welfare. Homeless women moved more often and had smaller support networks. However, both groups had higher rates of depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse than women in the general population.

Social aspects, Welfare recipients, Homeless women

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Mortality Among Men Using Homeless Shelters in Toronto, Ontario

Article Abstract:

Homeless people in Toronto, Canada have lower mortality rates than those in many large US cities. Astudy of 8,933 homeless men 18 or older in Toronto who were followed for an average of 2.6 years found that they had higher mortality rates compared to other Toronto residents. Mortality rates were 8 times higher in men 18 to 24 years old, 4 times higher in men 25 to 44, and twice as high for men 45 to 64. However, these rates were still half the mortality rate of homeless men in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.

Statistical Data Included, Toronto, Ontario

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