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. 2017 Sep 19;318(11):1065-1067.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.9308.

Contribution of Opioid-Involved Poisoning to the Change in Life Expectancy in the United States, 2000-2015

Deborah Dowell  1 , Elizabeth Arias  2 , Kenneth Kochanek  2 , Robert Anderson  2 , Gery P Guy Jr  1 , Jan L Losby  1 , Grant Baldwin  1
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Contribution of Opioid-Involved Poisoning to the Change in Life Expectancy in the United States, 2000-2015

Deborah Dowell et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study uses US National Vital Statistics mortality data to assess change in US life expectancy from 2000 to 2015 attributable to opioid-involved poisonings.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.

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Figure.. Contributions of Selected Causes of Death to the Change in Life Expectancy in the United States, 2000-2015
aIn ranked cause-of-death classification, drug, opioid, and alcohol poisoning are not considered to be unique cause-of-death categories. Instead, poisoning deaths are classified as either accidental poisonings (which contribute to unintentional injuries), suicides, or homicides (ranked 16th in leading causes of death). Contributions from drug, opioid, and alcohol poisoning deaths overlap with both unintentional injury deaths and suicides and cannot be summed with these leading ranked causes of death.
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