Health Data Disparities in Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths From 1999 to 2018 in the United States

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ID11025988
AutoresAdam J Milam (0000-0001-9306-1598, Adam J. Milam is with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, and Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Debra Furr-Holden is with the Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, and Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ling Wang is with Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Kevin...), Debra Furr-Holden (Adam J. Milam is with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, and Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Debra Furr-Holden is with the Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, and Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ling Wang is with Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Kevin...), Ling Wang (0000-0002-5015-7706, Johns Hopkins University), Lingling Wang (0000-0003-0272-2974, Adam J. Milam is with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, and Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Debra Furr-Holden is with the Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, and Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ling Wang is with Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Kevin...), Kevin M Simon (0000-0001-6548-1587, Adam J. Milam is with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, and Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Debra Furr-Holden is with the Division of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, and Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ling Wang is with Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Kevin...)
Año2021
Volumen111
Número9
Páginas1627-1635
Fecha de publicación2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2021.306322
PMID34185576
OpenAlexW3175197003
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas20

Objectives. To examine temporal trends in the classification of opioid-involved overdose deaths (OODs) and racial variation in the classification of specific types of opioids used. Methods. We analyzed OODs coded as other or unspecified narcotics from 1999 to 2018 in the United States using data from the National Vital Statistics System and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results. The total proportion of OODs from unspecified narcotics decreased from 32.4% in 1999 to 1.9% in 2018. The proportion of OODs from unspecified narcotics among African American persons was approximately 2-fold greater than that of non-Hispanic White persons until 2012. Similarly, the proportion of OODs from unspecified narcotics among Hispanic persons was greater than that of White persons until 2015. After we controlled for death investigation system, African American persons had a higher incidence rate of OODs from unspecified narcotics compared with White persons. Conclusions. There have been significant improvements in the specification OODs over the past 20 years, and there has been significant racial disparity in the classification of OODs until about 2015. The findings suggest a health data disparity; the excessive misclassification of OODs is likely attributable to the race/ethnicity of the decedent

Ethnic group · Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation · Demography · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology