Rose A Rudd

Biographic Data

ID6063464
NAMERose A Rudd
GIVEN NAMESRose A
FAMILY NAMERudd
SIGNATURERUDD R A
AFFILIATIONSNational Center for Injury Prevention and Control
ORCID0000-0003-3371-8716
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX1

  • Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids, Cocaine, and Psychostimulants — United States, 2015–2016

    Open AccessPuja Seth, Lawrence Scholl et al.ARTICLEMMWR. Surveillance Summaries2018

    From 2015 to 2016, deaths increased across all drug categories examined. The largest overall rate increases occurred among deaths involving cocaine (52.4%) and synthetic opioids (100%), likely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF) (2,3). Increases were observed across demographics, urbanization levels, and states and DC. The opioid overdose epidemic in the United States continues to worsen. A multifaceted approach, with faster and more …

  • Quantifying the Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Overdose Deaths

    Puja Seth, Rose A Rudd et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2018Cited by: 10References: 4

    AffiliationsAll of the authors are with the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

  • Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2000–2014

    Open AccessRose A Rudd, Noah Aleshire et al.ARTICLEMMWR. Surveillance Summaries2016

    The United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose (poisoning) deaths. Since 2000, the rate of deaths from drug overdoses has increased 137%, including a 200% increase in the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids (opioid pain relievers and heroin). CDC analyzed recent multiple cause-of-death mortality data to examine current trends and characteristics of drug overdose deaths, including the types of opioids associated with drug ove…

  • Increases in Drug and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths — United States, 2010–2015

    Open AccessRose A Rudd, Puja Seth et al.ARTICLEMMWR. Surveillance Summaries2016

    The U.S. opioid epidemic is continuing, and drug overdose deaths nearly tripled during 1999-2014. Among 47,055 drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2014 in the United States, 28,647 (60.9%) involved an opioid (1). Illicit opioids are contributing to the increase in opioid overdose deaths (2,3). In an effort to target prevention strategies to address the rapidly changing epidemic, CDC examined overall drug overdose death rates during 2010-2015 an…