Drug Overdose Mortality by Race/Ethnicity across US-Born and Immigrant Populations

Original research
par
Cano, Manuel & Corey S. Sparks

Date de publication

2022

Géographie

USA

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Non

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Non

Évalué par des pairs

Yes

L’objectif

Examined racial/ethnic differences in US drug overdose mortality among US-born and foreign-born men and women.

Constatations/points à retenir

In the US-born population, non-Hispanic Black men experienced the highest recent rates of overdose mortality; in the foreign-born population, the highest rates of overdose mortality were observed among non-Hispanic White men and women.

La conception ou méthodologie de recherche

Cross-sectional analysis of 2010-2019 data from the National Center for Health Statistic

Mots clés

Overdose
Mortality
Equity
Illegal drugs