The third wave of the opioid overdose crisis—defined by the proliferation of illicit fentanyl
and its analogs—has not only led to record numbers of overdose deaths but also to …

Background Fatal opioid-related overdoses (OOD) present significant public health
challenges. Intuitive and replicable analytical approaches are needed to inform targeted …

Introduction There were more than 100,000 fatal drug overdoses in the US in 2021 alone. In
recent years, there has been a shift in opioid mortality from predominantly White rural …

Background From 1999 to 2017, more than 400,000 Americans died from a drug overdose
death involving an opioid. Early surveillance studies have observed large variations in …

The heroin epidemic has existed for decades, but a sharp rise in opioid overdose deaths
(OODs) jolted the nation in the mid-twenty-teens and continues as a major health crisis to …

Abstract In 2019, there were nearly 50,000 opioid-related deaths in the US, with substantial
variation across sociodemographic groups and geography. To systematically investigate …

We examine trends in drug overdose deaths by race, gender, and geography in the United
States during the period 2013–2020. Race and gender specific crude rates were extracted …

Background: The opioid epidemic continues to be an ongoing public health crisis in the
United States. Initially, large increases in overdose death rates were observed in largely …

Context: In recent years, due to an alarming increase in the number of opioid-related
overdose fatalities for White, Non-Hispanics in rural and suburban communities across the …

To provide data that can guide community-targeted practices, policies, and interventions in
urban metropolitan areas, we used geospatial analysis to examine the community-level …