A state-level history of opioid overdose deaths in the United States: 1999-2021.

We examined a natural history of opioid overdose deaths from 1999-2021 in the United States to describe state-level spatio-temporal heterogeneity in the waves of the epidemic. We obtained overdose death counts by state from 1999-2021, categorized as involving prescription opioids, heroin, synthetic...

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Main Authors: David Kline, Staci A Hepler, Noa Krawczyk, Ariadne Rivera-Aguirre, Lance A Waller, Magdalena Cerdá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309938