Trends in Black and White Opioid Mortality in the United States, 1979-2015

Recent research on the US opioid epidemic has focused on the white or total population and has largely been limited to data after 1999. However, understanding racial differences in long-term trends by opioid type may contribute to improving interventions. Using multiple cause of death data, we calcu...

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Published in:	Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 29; no. 5; p. 707
Main Authors:	Alexander, Monica J, Kiang, Mathew V, Barbieri, Magali
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.09.2018
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult African Americans - statistics & numerical data Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Cause of Death Child Child, Preschool European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data Heroin Dependence - mortality Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Middle Aged Opioid-Related Disorders - mortality United States - epidemiology Young Adult United States
ISSN:	1531-5487, 1531-5487
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