Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
The Effect of Incomplete Death Certificates on Estimates of Unintentional Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2015.
Buchanich, Jeanine M; Balmert, Lauren C; Williams, Karl E; Burke, Donald S.
Afiliación
  • Buchanich JM; 1 Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Balmert LC; 2 Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Williams KE; 3 Office of the Medical Examiner of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Burke DS; 4 Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Public Health Rep ; 133(4): 423-431, 2018.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29945473
OBJECTIVES: A complete and accurate count of the number of opioid-related overdose deaths is essential to properly allocate resources. We determined the rate of unintentional overdose deaths (non-opioid-related, opioid-related, or unspecified) in the United States and by state from 1999 to 2015 and the possible effects of underreporting on national estimates of opioid abuse. METHODS: We abstracted unintentional drug overdose deaths ( International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes X40-X44) with contributory drug-specific T codes (T36.0-T50.9) from the Mortality Multiple Cause Micro-Data Files. We assumed that the proportion of unspecified overdose deaths that might be attributed to opioids would be the same as the proportion of opioid-related overdose deaths among all overdose deaths and calculated the number of deaths that could be reallocated as opioid-related for each state and year. We then added these reallocated deaths to the reported deaths to determine their potential effect on total opioid-related deaths. RESULTS: From 1999 to 2015, a total of 438 607 people died from unintentional drug overdoses. Opioid-related overdose deaths rose 401% (from 5868 to 29 383), non-opioid-related overdose deaths rose 150% (from 3005 to 7505), and unspecified overdose deaths rose 220% (from 2255 to 29 383). In 5 states (Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania), more than 35% of unintentional overdose deaths were coded as unspecified. Our reallocation resulted in classifying more than 70 000 unspecified overdose deaths as potential additional opioid-related overdose deaths. CONCLUSIONS: States may be greatly underestimating the effect of opioid-related overdose deaths because of incomplete cause-of-death reporting, indicating that the current opioid overdose epidemic may be worse than it appears.
Asunto(s)
Palabras clave
Texto completo
Añadir a Mi BVS
Imprimir
XML
PubMed Links
Buscar en Google

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Certificado de Defunción / Asignación de Recursos / Sobredosis de Droga / Analgésicos Opioides Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Public Health Rep Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
Texto completo
Añadir a Mi BVS
Imprimir
XML
PubMed Links
Buscar en Google

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Certificado de Defunción / Asignación de Recursos / Sobredosis de Droga / Analgésicos Opioides Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Public Health Rep Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos