Drugoverdose fatalities among US olderadults have quadrupled over 20 years, research finds JAMAPsych
The researchers used the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database to calculate annual overdose deaths among seniors from 2002 to 2021, comparing demographics, specific drugs, and whether the deaths were intentional, unintentional, or undetermined.
Overall, they found that fatal overdoses quadrupled from 1060 in 2002 to 6,702 in 2021. The highest rates were among Blacks, at 30.9 per 100,000.By 2021, 1 in 370 senior deaths stemmed from overdoses, with 3814 of those involving opioids, 2587 from stimulants, and 1204 a combination of both About 13% of overdoses in 2021 were intentional, 83% were unintentional, and 4% were undetermined, and 5 were homicide
Females accounted for 505 489 of 882 of intentional overdoses and 1594 of 5541 of accidental overdoses Intentionality differed by race and ethnicity: 31 of 83, or 37%, of overdoses among Asians were intentional, compared to, 805 of 4848 among whites, and 15 of 1665 among Blacks
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