Historique
Chapitre
Methadone-related deaths in eight metropolitan areas: 1997-2001
(Décès liés à la méthadone dans huit zones de métropole : 1997-2001)
Auteur(s) :
CRANE E. H. ;
54th semiannual meeting of the CEWG (June 24-27, 2003; St Louis, Missouri)
Année :
2004
Page(s) :
293-306
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Bethesda, MD : NIDA
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
MORTALITE
;
METHADONE
;
MILIEU URBAIN
;
EVOLUTION
;
URGENCE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
In : Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse, Vol. II: Proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group, 54th Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, June 24-27, 2003, Bethesda, NIDA, 2004, 293-306
Résumé :
Methadone is a narcotic (opioid) analgesic used to treat chronic pain and opiate addiction. Recent accounts of a surge in deaths involving methadone have renewed concerns about the safety of methadone and potential for its abuse. While the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) medical examiner (ME) data cannot be used to generate national estimates for the total number of drug abuse-related deaths that involved methadone, it is possible to examine these deaths on a metropolitan-level basis. In this paper, trends in deaths involving methadone in eight metropolitan areas that participate in DAWN are examined. To put these deaths into context, estimates of methadone- related emergency department (ED) visits will also be discussed. To compare drug abuse-related deaths and emergency department visits within a single metropolitan area, the following three criteria must be met: The same geographic area (i.e., counties) is covered by the ME and ED components. All the medical examiner jurisdictions participated in DAWN and submitted data each year from 1997 to 200l. DAWN generated ED estimates for the metropolitan area from 1997 to 2001. Eight metropolitan areas - Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle - fulfilled these criteria, and are discussed in this paper. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
Drug Abuse Warning Network, Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA