Corrected US opioid ‐involved drug poisoning deaths and mortality rates, 1999–2015

ConclusionsDeath certificate reports understate the prevalence of and changes over time in opioid and heroin/synthetic opioid‐involved drug mortality in the United States. Adjustments imputing the drugs involved for cases where none are identified on the death certificates are likely to provide more accurate estimates.
Source: Addiction - Category: Addiction Authors: Tags: Data Notes Source Type: research