Urban scaling of opioid overdose deaths in the USA: a cross-sectional study in three periods between 2005 and 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the association between population size, population growth and opioid overdose deaths-overall and by type of opioid-in US commuting zones (CZs) in three periods between 2005 and 2017.

Settings

741 CZs covering the entirety of the US CZs are aggregations of counties based on commuting patterns that reflect local economies.

Participants

We used mortality data at the county level from 2005 to 2017 from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Outcome

Opioid overdose deaths were defined using underlying and contributory causes of death codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10). We used the underlying cause of death to identify all drug poisoning deaths. Contributory cause of death was used to classify o

SUBMITTER: Mullachery PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896002 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature