Trends in Adolescent Heroin and Injection Drug Use in Nine Urban Centers in the U.S., 1999-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although estimates of heroin and injection drug use (IDU) among U.S. adolescents have remained low and stable, national data may mask local variation in use. Adolescent use may be higher in urban areas, many of which have historically high rates of heroin use and IDU. We investigate trends in heroin use and IDU among 9th-12th grade students in major urban centers in the U.S.

Methods

We used local Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from all large, urban school districts (n = 9) with at least 5 years of weighted, publicly available data. We used time series mean estimation to estimate the prevalence of heroin use and IDU among high school students from 1999 to 2017 and used logistic regression to test for linear and quadratic trends.

Results

We observed statistical

SUBMITTER: Brighthaupt SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658106 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature