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Drug Overdose Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2000-2020.
NCHS data brief, 2022 In 2020, 5,209 drug overdose deaths in adults aged 65 and over were recorded (1). Drug overdose death rates for older adults were lower than for other age groups but have increased in the past 2 decades (1,2).
E. Kramarow, B. Tejada-Vera
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Background: Drug overdoses (fatal and non-fatal) are among the leading causes of death in population with substance use disorders. The aim of the current study was to identify risk factors for fatal and non-fatal drug overdose for predominantly opioid ...
Radhouene Doggui +2 more
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Return to drug use and overdose after release from prison: a qualitative study of risk and protective factors [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Former inmates are at high risk for death from drug overdose, especially in the immediate post-release period. The purpose of the study is to understand the drug use experiences, perceptions of overdose risk, and experiences with overdose ...
Carolyn Nowels +6 more
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JAMA Network Open, 2021 Key Points Question Were there changes in the rate and characteristics of deaths from drug overdose before vs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island?
Alexandria Macmadu +11 more
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Forecasting drug overdose mortality by age in the United States at the national and county levels [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 The drug overdose crisis in the United States continues to intensify. Fatalities have increased five-fold since 1999 reaching a record high of 108,000 deaths in 2021. The epidemic has unfolded through distinct waves of different drug types, uniquely impacting various age, gender, race and ethnic groups in specific geographical areas.
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Worldwide Prevalence and Trends in Unintentional Drug Overdose: A Systematic Review of the Literature [PDF]
, 2015 Background. Drug overdose is an important, yet an inadequately understood, public health problem. Global attention to unintentional drug overdose has been limited by comparison with the scope of the problem.
Cerdá, Magdalena +3 more
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Urban-Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 1999-2019.
NCHS data brief, 2021 Drug overdose death rates continue to rise in the United States (1-3), with significant urban-rural differences in rates by sex, age, and types of drugs involved (4).
H. Hedegaard, M. Spencer
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Estimating Heterogeneous Causal Effect of Polysubstance Usage on Drug Overdose from Large-Scale Electronic Health Record [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Drug overdose has become a public health crisis in the United States with devastating consequences. However, most of the drug overdose incidences are the consequence of recitative polysubstance usage over a defined period of time which can be happened by either the intentional usage of required drug with other drugs or by accident. Thus, predicting the
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Co-involvement of Opioids in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Cocaine and Psychostimulants.
NCHS data brief, 2021 Deaths from drug overdose continue to contribute to the public health burden in the United States (1). The increase in the rate of drug overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants has been well-documented in recent years (1-4).
H. Hedegaard, A. Miniño, M. Warner
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MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021 Deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone (synthetic opioids), which largely consist of illicitly manufactured fentanyl; psychostimulants with abuse potential (e.g., methamphetamine); and cocaine have increased in recent years, particularly
C. Mattson +5 more
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