The impact of rising drug use on US mortality may extend beyond deaths coded as drug-
related to include excess mortality from other causes affected by drug use. Here, we …

After decades of robust growth, the rise in US life expectancy stalled after 2010.
Explanations for the stall have focused on rising drug-related deaths. Here we show that a …

Background Drug use disorders are an increasing cause of disability and early death in the
USA, with substantial geographical variation. We aimed to investigate the associations …

ABSTRACT The United States is in the midst of a fatal drug epidemic. This study uses data
from the Multiple Cause of Death Files to examine the extent to which increases in county …

Deaths from drug overdose continue to contribute to overall mortality and the lowering of life
expectancy in the United States (1-4). This report uses the most recent data from the …

Introduction Over the past 2 decades, drug-related deaths have grown to be a major US
public health problem. County-level differences in drug-related mortality rates are large. The …

Drug-induced deaths include all deaths for which drugs are the underlying cause (1),
including those attributable to acute poisoning by drugs (drug overdoses) and deaths from …

Importance Life expectancy has decreased in the US, driven largely by increases in drug
poisoning, suicide, and alcohol-induced deaths. Assessing whether patterns of these …

Objectives-This report identifies the specific drugs most frequently involved in drug overdose
deaths in the United States from 2010 through 2014. Methods-The 2010-2014 National Vital …

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