Although the government declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in 2017, the epidemic has only worsened in recent years, intensifying under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. The opioid epidemic has come in three distinct waves: the first was a rise in overdose deaths from ...
The opioid epidemic in the U.S. Key figures Overview Death rate from all causes in the U.S. (per 100,000 population) Lifetime odds of dying from heart disease in the U.S. Death rate among men aged 85 years and older (per 100,000 population) Cancer deaths Death rate from ...
As one of the drugs that spurred the American opioid epidemic,heroinis one of the most commonly abused opiates and was responsible for15,948 overdose deathsin 2017. Derived from the opium poppy plant, heroin can be a powder or a substance resembling black tar. Whether heroin is injected or...
It is important to note that, because illicit fentanyl has, in the Journal’s words, “supercharged the potency of the illicit-drug market,” the number of newborns in opioid withdrawal has risen in recent years, adding to the challenges of the horrific problem. Meanwhile, according to...
- 《World Journal of Surgery》 被引量: 9发表: 2015年 Perspectives on the Opioid Crisis We know the answer if the patient is an anesthesiologist resuscitated in the hospital. For everyone who is not a licensed health provider, it is less clear. Substance abuse treatment in the United States...
A new study indicates that Statistics Canada data could be used to estimate the number of prescription opioid-related deaths in Canada to aid in national surveillance of this important public health issue by provincial and national public health agencies
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"Patterns of older adult mortality from 2020 onward will reflect the impact of large numbers of deaths inolder adultscaused by COVID-19, an infectious disease that was the third leading cause of death for this age group in 2020 and 2021, as well as the pandemic's effect on overall mortali...
State-of-the-art methods based on space-time scan statistics (like SaTScan) are not geographically robust. Also, due to the enumeration of many Spatio-... A Wadhwa,MK Thakur - 《Applied Geography》 被引量: 0发表: 2022年 Analysis of Volatility of Cryptocurrencies in the Global Market The ...
Their findings indicate that county-level economic factors are strongly associated with drug related mortality, with each 1 SD decrease in median county household income associated with an increase of 12·8% (95% CI 11·0-14·6; p<0·0001) in drug-related deaths. Additionally, the authors ...