Understanding Regional Patterns of Overdose Deaths Related to Opioids and Psychostimulants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As overdose rates increase for multiple substances, policymakers need to identify geographic patterns of substance-specific deaths. In this study, we describe county-level opioid and psychostimulant overdose patterns and how they correlate with county-level social vulnerability measures.

Methods

A cross-sectional observational study, we used nationwide 2016-2018 restricted access Centers for Disease Prevention and Control county-level mortality files for 1,024 counties. We estimated quartiles of opioid and psychostimulant overdose mortality and provided estimates of their association with county-level Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) percentile.

Results

There was high opioid and psychostimulant overdose mortality in the Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, East

SUBMITTER: Segel JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10923074 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature