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Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2019.

Holly Hedegaard, Arialdi Miniño, Margaret Warner

2020PubMed102 citations

Abstract

Deaths from drug overdose continue to be a public health burden in the United States (1-5). This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update statistics on deaths from drug overdose in the United States, including information on trends from 1999 through 2019 by sex and age group, and by specific types of drugs involved (i.e., opioids and stimulants).

Topics & Concepts

MedicineDrug overdoseDrugMedical emergencyPublic healthInjury preventionPoison controlEmergency medicineEnvironmental healthPsychiatryNursingOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPoisoning and overdose treatmentsPain Management and Opioid Use