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Title: Effect of race on opioid drug overdose deaths in the United States: an observational cross-sectional study

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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ISSN: 0007-0912

DOI: 10.1016/J.BJA.2022.06.005

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PMID: 35787800

Abstract: Editor—The increasing prevalence of opioid-related deaths across the USA prompted the US Department of Health and Human Services to declare opioid overdoses a public health crisis in 2017. 1 ,2 Here we hypothesised that disaggregating opioid-related overdose deaths and intention by race will uncover differences in geography, age, and opioid overdose intention within the USA. To test our hypothesis, we conducted an observational, cross-sectional study utilising death certificate data from the US National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) dataset containing vital events from 2005 to 2017 under a data use agreement. This study was approved by the Stanford Institutional Review Board (#53429) as non-human subject research.

Url: https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(22)00297-5/fulltext

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Authors: Le, Austin D.; Li, Yuemeng; Zhu, Alicia; Singh, Jaiveer; Xu, Jane Y.; Srinivasan, Malathi; Palaniappan, Latha P.; Long, Jin; Gross, Eric R.

Periodical (Full): British Journal of Anaesthesia

Issue: 3

Volume: 129

Pages: E66-E68

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Race and Ethnicity

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