Geographic Trends in Opioid Overdoses in the US From 1999 to 2020
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Description
Results of a study examining trends in opioid-involved
overdose death (OOD) rates in urban and rural counties.
Explores OODs due to overprescription of opioids, use of
heroin and illicit synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and
stimulants in combination with synthetic opioids. Features
statistics with breakdowns by 6 levels of population
density.
Author(s)
Lori Ann Post, Alexander Lundberg, Charles B. Moss, et al.
Citation
JAMA Network Open, 5(7)
Date
07/2022
Tagged as
Illicit drug use
· Mortality
· Prescription drug misuse
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data