Abstract Purpose: Between 2000 and 2007, the unintentional overdose (UO) death rate in
North Carolina more than doubled (106.3% increase). A majority of the 2007 deaths were …

BACKGROUND: Programs to improve response of drug users when witnessing an overdose
can reduce overdose mortality. Characteristics of drug users may be associated with the …

The relation between illicit drug dependence and the likelihood of drug overdose is unclear.
We recruited 1,066 habitual drug users for this analysis through street-based outreach in …

This Health E-Stat provides information on annual rates of all drug-poisoning deaths and
drug-poisoning deaths involving opioid analgesics and heroin for 1999 through 2012 using …

Abstract During 1999-2006, the number of poisoning deaths in the United States nearly
doubled, from approximately 20,000 to 37,000, largely because of overdose deaths …

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To describe temporal and geographical variations in mortality from
acute reactions to opiates or cocaine and the demographic and toxicological characteristics …

In this paper we examine the changing demographics of overdose deaths in West Virginia
based upon death certificate and economic data in West Virginia for the years 2001–2016 …

Purpose Since 1990, numerous jurisdictions in the United States (US) have reported
increases in drug poisoning mortality. During the same time period, the use of opioid …

Background Drug poisoning mortality in the US has risen rapidly but the drugs involved are
frequently unspecified on death certificates. Methods Reported and adjusted proportions of …

Heroin-related overdose is the single largest cause of accidental death in San Francisco.
We examined demographic, location, nontoxicological, and toxicological characteristics of …