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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2020 Sep 21;116(4):725–742. doi: 10.1111/add.15239

Table 1:

Characteristics of included studies

Study Country Years conducteda Sample N people N person yearsb
1. Accurso, 2015(39) United States 1990–2010 People “abusing” cocaine and presenting for detoxification at Chemical Dependence Unit at John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore between 1990–1991 315 5780*
2. Arendt, 2011(40) Denmark 1996–2006 People receiving publicly funded treatment for illicit substance use disorder and primarily using cocaine across Denmark between 1996–2006, identified from the Danish Substance Abuse Treatment Register 838 2571*
3. Barrio, 2013(41) Spain 2004–2010 People who reported regular cocaine use (≥ 52 days/last year) recruited from drug scenes and non-treatment settings in Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville, Spain, between 2004–2006 714 3922
4. Bohnert, 2017(23) United States 2006–2011 People receiving Veteran Health Administration (VHA) care in the 2005 financial year diagnosed with cocaine use disorder and still alive in 2006 as identified using VHA National Patient Care Database 83808 468560*
5. Callaghan, 2013(22) (Callaghan, 2012(42)) United States 1990–2005 People hospitalised with a cocaine use disorder diagnosis in California between 1990–2005 from the Patient Discharge Database 48949 395738
6. de la Fuente, 2016(43) (Brugal, 2016(44); Colell, 2018(45); Molist, 2018(21)) Spain 1997–2008 People starting drug treatment for cocaine use disorder in a publicly owned or funded treatment centre in Barcelona and Madrid between 1997–2007 11905 65849*
7. Dias, 2011(46)c Brazil 1992–2006 People who were consecutively admitted patients to Taipas General Hospital’s inpatient treatment for crack/cocaine dependence between 1992–1994 131 1182*
8. Gossop, 2002(47)c United Kingdom 1995–1999 People who self-reported cocaine misuse recruited to treatment programs throughout England in 1995 as part of National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS) cohort 227 926*
9. Hayashi, 2016(48) (Tyndall, 2001(49)) Canada 1996–2011 People who injected cocaine in the 6 months prior to enrolling in the open cohorts of Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS) and AIDS Care Cohort to Evaluate access to Survival Sciences (ACCESS) in Vancouver between 1996–2011 1719 11749
10. Hser, 2012(50) United States 2002–2010 Mothers enrolled in a drug treatment program with cocaine as the primary drug of concern between 2000–2002 across California as identified through California Treatment Outcome Project (CalTOP) 511 5471*
11. Lopez, 2004 (OFDT)(51)c France 1992–2001 People arrested in 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1997 for cocaine/crack use/dealing as identified through database of police questioning files for use of narcotics 2212 11496
12. Markota, 2016(52) United States 1999–2011 People aged 13–18 years old attending drug and alcohol treatment and with a positive cocaine urinary toxicology screen administered at clinical sites within Mayo Health Care System between 1999–2011 63 308*
13. Martell, 2009^(53) United States 2003–2005 People with cocaine and opioid dependence enrolled in a randomised clinical trial for cocaine vaccine from greater New Haven between 2003–2005 114 58*
14. Nielsen, 2011(54) Denmark 1999–2009 People diagnosed with cocaine abuse and at least one contact with a homeless shelter in Denmark between 1999–2009 as identified by the Danish Homeless Register 525 5362*
15. O’Driscoll, 2001(55) United States 1994–1997 People who inject drugs within Seattle and King County and reported cocaine as their primary drug recruited between 1994–1996 340 931*
16. Pavarin, 2017(56) (Pavarin, 2008(57); Pavarin, 2013(58)) Italy 1989–2013 Individuals admitted to a public drug treatment for problems caused by primary use of cocaine in Bologna (North Italy) between 1989–2013 678 4753*
17. Ryb, 2009(59) United States 1983–1997 People discharged from R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with a positive cocaine urinary toxicology screen at admission between 1983–1995 2451 15932*
18. Sanvisens, 2014(60) Spain 1985–2008 Patients admitted to hospital detoxification for primary cocaine abuse at one of three tertiary care facilities in Barcelona and the surrounding metropolitan area between 1985–2006 945 7155
19. van Haastrecht, 1996(61)c Netherlands 1985–1993 People who are HIV+ and HIV- who self-reported injecting cocaine and were recruited in Amsterdam between 1985–1992 through “low-threshold” methadone programs and clinic workers for people who use drugs and engage in sex work. 632d 194
20. Vlahov, 2008(62) United States 1997–2002 People who inject drugs with self-reported injecting of cocaine everyday recruited from five U.S. cities between 1997–1999 through community-based outreach methods and enrolled in the second Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study (CIDUS-II) 102 486
21. Wang, 2005(63)c United States 1988–2005 People who inject drugs who self-reported cocaine use in the previous 6 months, recruited through community in Baltimore between 1988–1989 and 1994–1998 and enrolled in AIDS Linked to Intravenous Experience study (ALIVE) 518# 3727

Note. Italics denotes associated secondary paper for the cohort;

*

Person years were not reported by study but calculated using formula within Appendix H;

^

Denotes that the study was a randomised controlled trial (RCT);

#

Denotes that the information was provided by the authors on request;

a

Period covers the start of recruitment until the end of follow-up;

b

Person-years were rounded to nearest whole number, though exact person-years reported were used for analysis;

c

Study was included in the previous review and information differs due to additional information being provided;

d

Study does not specify proportion of cohort that uses cocaine, but provides number of deaths within those who use cocaine.