Nonfatal Drug Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments - United States, 2016-2017.

Nonfatal Drug Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments - United States, 2016-2017.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Apr 03;69(13):371-376
Authors: Vivolo-Kantor AM, Hoots BE, Scholl L, Pickens C, Roehler DR, Board A, Mustaquim D, Smith H, Snodgrass S, Liu S
Abstract
In 2017, drug overdoses caused 70,237 deaths in the United States, a 9.6% rate increase from 2016 (1). Monitoring nonfatal drug overdoses treated in emergency departments (EDs) is also important to inform community prevention and response activities. Analysis of discharge data provides insights into the prevalence and trends of nonfatal drug overdoses, highlighting opportunities for public health action to prevent overdoses. Using discharge data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), CDC identified nonfatal overdoses for all drugs, all opioids, nonheroin opioids, heroin, benzodiazepines, and cocaine and examined changes from 2016 to 2017, stratified by drug type and by patient, facility, and visit characteristics. In 2017, the most recent year for which population-level estimates of nonfatal overdoses can be generated, a total of 967,615 nonfatal drug overdoses were treated in EDs, an increase of 4.3% from 2016, which included 305,623 opioid-involved overdoses, a 3.1% increase from 2016. From 2016 to 2017, the nonfatal overdose rates for all drug types increased significantly except for those involving ben...

Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - April 2, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Vivolo-Kantor AM, Hoots BE, Scholl L, Pickens C, Roehler DR, Board A, Mustaquim D, Smith H, Snodgrass S, Liu S Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research