Mortality From Drug Overdoses, Homicides, Unintentional Injuries, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Suicides During the Pandemic, March-August 2020
Jeremy Samuel Faust, Chengan Du, Katherine Dickerson Mayes, Shu‐Xia Li, Zhenqiu Lin, Michael L. Barnett, Harlan M. Krumholz
Abstract
This study uses national death certificate data to characterize trends in death and excess mortality from drug overdoses, homicides, unintentional injuries, motor vehicle crashes, and suicide during the first 6 months of the pandemic in the US.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineDeath certificatePoison controlInjury preventionPandemicSuicide preventionOccupational safety and healthMedical emergencyHuman factors and ergonomicsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Emergency medicineCause of deathInternal medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyDisaster Response and ManagementTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesMigration, Health and Trauma