Recent Drug Overdose Mortality Decline Compared With Pre–COVID-19 Trend
Mathew V. Kiang, Keith Humphreys
Abstract
This cross-sectional study compares annual state-level fatal drug overdose rates from 2020 through 2023 with the expected fatal drug overdose rates based on trajectories before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Drug overdosePandemicMedicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakDrugSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Emergency medicineVirologyPoison controlPharmacologyInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakDiseaseOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentEmergency and Acute Care StudiesPoisoning and overdose treatments