Trends in Mortality From Drug Poisonings, Suicide, and Alcohol-Induced Deaths in the United States From 2000 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Life expectancy has decreased in the US, driven largely by increases in drug poisoning, suicide, and alcohol-induced deaths. Assessing whether patterns of these causes differ is required to inform public health interventions.

Objective

To compare patterns and trends in drug poisoning, suicide, and alcohol-induced death rates by geography and demographic characteristics.

Design, setting, and participants

This serial cross-sectional study used national vital statistics data from the entire US population from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2017, among US residents aged 20 to 64 years. Data were analyzed from January through August 2019.

Exposures

Age, sex, race/ethnicity, county-level percentage of unemployment, rurality, and geography.

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SUBMITTER: Shiels MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489841 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature