Estimating County-Level Overdose Rates Using Opioid-Related Twitter Data: Interdisciplinary Infodemiology Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths between April 2020 and April 2021, a three-quarter increase from the prior 12-month period. There is an approximate 6-month reporting lag for provisional counts of drug overdose deaths from the National Vital Statistics System, and the highest level of geospatial resolution is at the state level. By contrast, public social media data are available close to real-time and are often accessible with precise coordinates.

Objective

The purpose of this study is to assess whether county-level overdose mortality burden could be estimated using opioid-related Twitter data.

Methods

International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes for poisoning or exposure to overdose at the county level were obtained from CDC WO

SUBMITTER: Cuomo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9909516 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature