Citation

Hedegaard HB, Chen LH, Warner MA. NCHS Data Brief 2015; 2015(190): 1-8.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, United States National Center for Health Statistics)

DOI

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PMID

25932890

Abstract

KEY FINDINGS: From 2000 through 2013, the age-adjusted rate for drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin nearly quadrupled from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2000 to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2013. Most of the increase occurred after 2010. The number of drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin was nearly four times higher for men (6,525 deaths) than women (1,732 deaths) in 2013. In 2000, non-Hispanic black persons aged 45-64 had the highest rate for drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin (2.0 per 100,000). In 2013, non-Hispanic white persons aged 18-44 had the highest rate (7.0 per 100,000). From 2000 through 2013, the age-adjusted rate for drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin increased for all regions of the country, with the greatest increase seen in the Midwest.

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