The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States | Zendy

Tara Gomes | Zendy; Mina Tadrous | Zendy; Muhammad Mamdani | Zendy; J. Michael Paterson | Zendy; David N. Juurlink | Zendy

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The Burden of Opioid-Related Mortality in the United States

Author(s) -

Tara Gomes,

Mina Tadrous,

Muhammad Mamdani,

J. Michael Paterson,

David N. Juurlink

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama network open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2574-3805

DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0217

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , opioid , public health , demography , years of potential life lost , cause of death , population , opioid overdose , environmental health , (+) naloxone , disease , life expectancy , receptor , nursing , sociology

Key Points Question What has been the burden of opioid-related deaths in the United States over a recent 15-year period? Findings In this serial cross-sectional study, we found that the percentage of all deaths attributable to opioids increased 292% (from 0.4% to 1.5%) between 2001 and 2016, resulting in approximately 1.68 million person-years of life lost in 2016 alone (5.2 per 1000 population). The burden was particularly high among adults aged 24 to 35 years; in 2016, 20% of deaths in this age group involved opioids. Meaning Premature death from opioids imposes an enormous and growing public health burden across the United States.

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