Age-specific disparities in fatal drug overdoses highest among older black adults and American Indian/Alaska native individuals of all ages in the United States, 2015-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasing disparities within and between racial/ethnic groups in overdose deaths underscore the need to identify drivers and patterns to optimize overdose prevention strategies. We assess age-specific mortality rates (ASMR) in drug overdose deaths by race/ethnicity in 2015-2019 and 2020.

Methods

Data were from the CDC Wonder, and included information for N = 411,451 deceased individuals in the United States (2015-2020) with a drug overdose-attributed cause of death (ICD-10 codes: X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, Y10-Y14). We compiled overdose death counts by age, race/ethnicity, and population estimates to derive ASMRs, mortality rate ratios (MRR), and cohort effects.

Results

The ASMRs for Non-Hispanic Black adults (2015-2019) followed a different pattern than oth

SUBMITTER: Jones A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050114 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature