Assessment of Changes in the Geographical Distribution of Opioid-Related Mortality Across the United States by Opioid Type, 1999-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

As the opioid epidemic evolves, it is vital to identify changes in the geographical distribution of opioid-related deaths, and the specific opioids to which those deaths are attributed, to ensure that federal and state public health interventions remain appropriately targeted.

Objective

To identify changes in the geographical distribution of opioid-related mortality across the United States by opioid type.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study using joinpoint modeling and life table analysis of individual-level data from the National Center for Health Statistics on 351 630 US residents who died from opioid-related causes from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2016, for all of the United States and the District of Columbia. The analysis was

SUBMITTER: Kiang MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484620 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature