Twenty-Year Trends in Drug Overdose Fatalities Among Older Adults in the US
Keith Humphreys, Chelsea L. Shover
Abstract
This study uses data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database to assess 20-year trends in drug overdose fatalities among older adults in the US.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineDrug overdoseInjury preventionPoison controlSuicide preventionOccupational safety and healthHuman factors and ergonomicsGerontologyDrugDemographyEnvironmental healthMedical emergencyPsychiatryPathologySociologyOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPoisoning and overdose treatmentsCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation