Trends of the incidence of drug use disorders from 1990 to 2017: an analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2017 data.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Drug use disorders are an important issue worldwide. Systematic attempts to estimate the global incidence of drug use disorders are rare. We aimed to determine the incidence of drug use disorders and their trends.

Methods

We obtained the annual incident cases and age-standardised incidence rate (ASR) of drug use disorders from 1990 to 2017 using the Global Health Data Exchange query tool. The estimated annual percentage changes of the ASR were used to quantify and evaluate the trends in the incidence rate. Gaussian process regression and the Pearson's correlation coefficient were used to assess the relationship between the ASR and socio-demographic index (SDI).

Results

The number of drug use disorders' cases increased by 33.5% from 1990 to 2017 globally, whereas t

SUBMITTER: Pan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7443796 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature