Vital Signs: Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Opioid Overdoses — United States, July 2016–September 2017 | MMWR

Vital Signs: Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Opioid Overdoses — United States, July 2016–September 2017 | MMWR

MMWR Early Release
Vol. 67, Early Release
March 6, 2018

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Vital Signs: Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Opioid Overdoses — United States, July 2016–September 2017
Alana M. Vivolo-Kantor, PhD; Puja Seth, PhD; R. Matthew Gladden, PhD; et al.


During July 2016–September 2017, emergency department (ED) visits among those aged >11 years for opioid overdoses in the United States increased 29.7% overall and 34.5% in 16 states with high prevalence of overdose mortality.