Notes from the Field: Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Among Hispanic or Latino Persons - Nevada, 2019-2020

To better understand this increase, investigators analyzed 2019–2020 State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) data.* SUDORS is a CDC surveillance system containing detailed information on death scene investigations, toxicology, and other risk factors associated with fatal drug ove...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2022-05, Vol.71 (19), p.667-669
Main Authors: Thomas, Shawn A, Dinwiddie, Amanda T, Monroy, Elyse
Format: Article
Language:English
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Age groups
Analgesics, Opioid
Benzodiazepines
Cocaine
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Death
Drug Overdose
Drug use
Emergency medical care
Emergency services
Epidemiology
Fatalities
Fentanyl
Heroin
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Ingestion
Methamphetamine
Mortality
Naloxone
Narcotics
Nevada - epidemiology
Notes from the Field
Opioids
Overdose
Pandemics
Prevention
Public health
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Substance use
Surveillance systems
Toxicology
Trends
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:To better understand this increase, investigators analyzed 2019–2020 State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) data.* SUDORS is a CDC surveillance system containing detailed information on death scene investigations, toxicology, and other risk factors associated with fatal drug overdoses of unintentional or undetermined intent. Acknowledgments Mandy Flavel, Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office; Ronald Jones, Hannah Peters, Kelley Reynolds, Deena Sayegh, Sara Tegtmeyer, Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner; Brandon Delise, Southern Nevada Health District; Adam Ernst, Jazzlyn Jackson, Jennifer Thompson, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services; Iris Key, Lindsey Kinsinger, Office of Public Health Investigations and Epidemiology, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. Characteristics, circumstances, and substances contributing to drug overdose deaths among all decedents and Hispanic or Latino decedents — Nevada, 2019–2020Return to your place in the text Characteristic, circumstance, or substance All deaths Hispanic or Latino deaths 2019 (n = 510) No. (%) 2020 (n = 788) No. (%) % Change in proportion from 2019 to 2020 2019 (n = 66) No. (%) 2020 (n = 145) No. (%) % Change in proportion from 2019 to 2020 Proportion of overdose deaths among Hispanic or Latino persons, % NA NA NA 12.9 18.4 42.6 Sex Male 326 (63.9) 538 (68.3) 6.9 48 (72.7) 112 (77.2) 6.2 Female 184 (36.1) 250 (31.7) −12.2 18 (27.3) 33 (22.8) −16.5 Age group, yrs
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X
DOI:10.15585/mmwr.mm7119a4