Titre : | Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids among Medicaid enrollees - Washington, 2004-2007 (2009) |
Auteurs : | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol.58, n°42, October 30, 2009) |
Article en page(s) : | 1171-1175 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés PROTECTION SOCIALE ; SURDOSE ; MORTALITE ; PRESCRIPTION MEDICALE ; OPIACES ; EVOLUTIONThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : | During 1999-2006, the number of poisoning deaths in the United States nearly doubled, from approximately 20,000 to 37,000, largely because of overdose deaths involving prescription opioid painkillers. This increase coincided with a nearly fourfold increase in the use of prescription opioids nationally. In Washington, in 2006, the rate of poisoning involving opioid painkillers was significantly higher than the national rate. To better characterize the prescription opioids associated with these deaths and to reexamine previously published results indicating higher drug overdose rates in lower-income populations, health and human services agencies in Washington analyzed overdose deaths involving prescription opioids during 2004-2007. This report describes the results of that analysis, which found that 1,668 persons died from prescription opioid-related overdoses during the period (6.4 deaths per 100,000 per year); 58.9% of decedents were male, the highest percentage of deaths (34.4%) was among persons aged 45-54 years, and 45.4% of deaths were among persons enrolled in Medicaid. (Extract of the publication) |
Domaine : | Autres substances / Other substances |
Refs biblio. : | 10 |
Affiliation : | Etats-Unis. United States. |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A04005 |
Lien : | http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5842.pdf |
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