RESUMO
Unintentional opioid overdoses are a growing public health epidemic in the United States. Rhode Island is also faced with a challenging crisis of drug overdose deaths. The State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting Surveillance (SUDORS) data from the second half of 2016 were used to present opioid overdose deaths and characteristics in Rhode Island. During July-December 2016, 142 individuals died of opioid overdose in Rhode Island. People who died by opioid overdose were more likely to be 25-65 years old, male, and non-Hispanic white. The most common precipitating circumstances were substance abuse (88%), current mental health problems (43%), and physical health problems (27.5%). Over 83% of decedents had 2 or more substances attribute to causing their death, with fentanyl (71.1%) as the most common substance. Only 36.6% of decedents had naloxone administered. Fatal opioid overdose data are important for understanding this public health crisis and can guide overdose intervention efforts.
Assuntos
Sistemas de Notificação de Reações Adversas a Medicamentos , Analgésicos Opioides/intoxicação , Overdose de Drogas/mortalidade , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Overdose de Drogas/classificação , Overdose de Drogas/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Naloxona/uso terapêutico , Rhode Island/epidemiologia , Distribuição por Sexo , Adulto JovemRESUMO
[Full article available at http://rimed.org/rimedicaljournal-2018-02.asp].
