Opioid-Related Deaths by Race in the United States: Trends and Patterns in Multiple Causes of DeathAlexander, Monica
In 2020 COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States. Increases in suicides, overdoses, and alcohol related deaths were seen—which make up deaths of despair. How deaths of despair compare to COVID-19 across racial, ethnic, and gend
Heroin use is illegal in both the United States and China; however, use in the United States increased by more than 40% between 2006 (1.6 million users) and 2016 (2.3 million users) especially among those aged 18–25, before it started to decline in 2017. In China, the number of regis...
The study objective was to examine trends in maternal deaths from non-obstetric causes across races in the United States (US). Methods A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 80,710,348 live births using data from the “Birth Data” and “Mortality Multiple Cause” files ...
One out of every five deaths among young adults in the United States is related to opioids, suggests a study led by researchers in Canada.
Research February 22, 2023 All-Cause Mortality Rates and Inequities Between Black and White Individuals in 30 US Cities JAMA Network Open Research January 20, 2021 Trends in Intentional and Unintentional Opioid-Overdose Deaths in the United States, 2000-2017 JAMA Research December 17, 2019JAMA...
A and B, Projection of overdose deaths by year in the base case (A) and pessimistic (B) scenarios under 4 prevention strategies affecting the incidence of nonmedical opioid analgesic use: (1) no change in the annual incidence of prescription opioid misuse since 2015, (2) decreasing incidence...
Opioid overdose deaths decreased from 84,181 to 81,083 between 2022 and 2023, the CDC said, and there was a small decline in fentanyl deaths. Overdose deaths from semi-synthetic drugs like morphine and codeine decreased from 12,135 to 10,171. However, deaths from psychostimulants like meth...
Increases in drug and opioid overdose deaths--United States, 2000-2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016; 64(50-51):1378-1382.Rudd RA, Aleshire N, Zibbell JE, Gladden M: Increases in drug and opioid overdose deaths - United States, 2000 - 2014.Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2016...
Opioid use disorder Substance use disorder treatment 1. Introduction In 2019, 1.6 million Americans aged 12 and over had a current opioid use disorder (OUD; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2020a). From November 2019 to 2020, the United States recorded more tha...