Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2011–2016

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Abstract

Objective: This report identifies the specific drugs involved most frequently in drug overdose deaths in the United States from 2011 through 2016.

Methods: Record-level data from the 2011–2016 National Vital Statistics System–Mortality files were linked to electronic files containing...

Published by / Citation

Hedegaard H, Bastian BA, Trinidad JP, Spencer M, Warner M. Drugs most frequently involved in drug overdose deaths: United States, 2011–2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 9. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018.

Publication Date

2018

Original Language

English

Country

United States

Format

Scientific article

Themes

Addiction

Keywords

Opioid