Clustering Patterns in Polysubstance Mortality in the United States in 2017: A Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Death Certificate Data

CONCLUSION: While individual drug substances might contribute to many deaths (e.g., fentanyl), polysubstance mortality is more common than single substance mortality. Multidimensional analyses integrating all drugs involved are useful to identify uncommon patterns of overdose and changing trends.PMID:35378292 | DOI:10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.03.011

Source: Annals of Epidemiology - April 4, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Joshua C Black Karilynn M Rockhill Richard C Dart Janetta Iwanicki Source Type: research