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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Personal Author:
Vivolo-Kantor, Alana M. ; Hoots, Brooke E. ; Scholl, Lawrence ; Pickens, Cassandra ; Roehler, Douglas R. ; ... More +
Vivolo-Kantor, Alana M. ; Hoots, Brooke E. ; Scholl, Lawrence ; Pickens, Cassandra ; Roehler, Douglas R. ; Board, Amy ; Mustaquim, Desiree ; Smith, Herschel ; Snodgrass, Stephanie ; Liu, Stephen Less -
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Overdose Prevention.
Description:
In 2017, drug overdoses caused 70,237 deaths in the United States, a 9.6% rate increase from 2016 (1). Monitoring nonfatal drug overdoses treated in emergency departments (EDs) is also important to inform community prevention and response activities. Analysis of discharge data provides insights into the prevalence and trends of nonfatal drug overdoses, highlighting opportunities for public health action to prevent overdoses. Using discharge data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), CDC identified nonfatal overdoses for all drugs, all opioids, nonheroin opioids, heroin, benzodiazepines, and cocaine and examined changes from 2016 to 2017, stratified by drug type and by patient, facility, and visit characteristics. In 2017, the most recent year for which population-level estimates of nonfatal overdoses can be generated, a total of 967,615 nonfatal drug overdoses were treated in EDs, an increase of 4.3% from 2016, which included 305,623 opioid-involved overdoses, a 3.1% increase from 2016. From 2016 to 2017, the nonfatal overdose rates for all drug types increased significantly except for those involving benzodiazepines. These findings highlight the importance of continued surveillance of nonfatal drug overdoses treated in EDs to inform public health actions and, working collaboratively with clinical and public safety partners, to link patients to needed recovery and treatment resources (e.g., medication-assisted treatment).
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Overdose
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Full Report
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Young Adult

Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 69(13):371-376
Pubmed ID:
32240125
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC7119520
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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