NCHS data on drug-poisoning deaths [March 2016]

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• Description:
  Poisoning is the leading cause of injury death in the United States. Drugs—both pharmaceutical and illicit—cause the vast majority of poisoning deaths. ; NCHS uses the NationalVital Statistics System (NVSS) to monitor deaths ; due to drug poisoning. NVSS collects and compiles mortality information from death certificates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. NCHS identifies the number of drug-poisoning deaths from the underlying cause of death section on death certificates. Multiple causes of death are used to identify the drugs involved. In 2014, approximately 19% of death certificates for drug-poisoning deaths lacked information on the specific drugs involved. ; Hydrocodone, morphine, and oxycodone are examples of natural and semisynthetic opioid analgesics. Fentanyl—which can be manufactured illicitly—and methadone are examples of synthetic opioid analgesics. ; factsheet_drug_poisoning.pdf ; 263854
• Subjects:
  • Drug Overdose
  • Narcotics/poisoning
  • Poisoning
• Source:
  National Health Interview Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Fact Sheet
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43481/cdc_43481_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 572.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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