Contribution of Opioid-Involved Poisoning to the Change in Life Expectancy in the United States, 2000-2015

Deborah Dowell; Elizabeth Arias; Kenneth Kochanek; Robert Anderson; Gery P Guy Jr; Jan L Losby; Grant Baldwin

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.9308

Contribution of Opioid-Involved Poisoning to the Change in Life Expectancy in the United States, 2000-2015

JAMA. 2017 Sep 19;318(11):1065-1067. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.9308.

Authors

Deborah Dowell¹, Elizabeth Arias², Kenneth Kochanek², Robert Anderson², Gery P Guy Jr¹, Jan L Losby¹, Grant Baldwin¹

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland.

Abstract

This study uses US National Vital Statistics mortality data to assess change in US life expectancy from 2000 to 2015 attributable to opioid-involved poisonings.

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / poisoning*
Humans
Life Expectancy*
Mortality / trends
Opioid-Related Disorders / mortality*
Poisoning / mortality
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid