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. 2018 Mar 20;168(6):453-455.
doi: 10.7326/M17-1812. Epub 2017 Dec 5.

Trends in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths in Non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White Persons, 2000-2015

Meredith S Shiels  1 , Neal D Freedman  1 , David Thomas  2 , Amy Berrington de Gonzalez  1
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Trends in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths in Non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White Persons, 2000-2015

Meredith S Shiels et al. Ann Intern Med. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Age-specific drug overdose death rates by race/ethnicity and sex, 2000–03 and 2012–15. Open circles represent age-groups/calendar periods where <10 drug overdose deaths occurred.
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Figure 2:
Age-standardized drug type-specific overdose death rates by race/ethnicity and sex among 20–64-year-olds during 2000–03, 2004–07, 2008–11 and 2012–15.
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Comment in

  • Trends in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths.
    Cox ME, Dzialowy N, Armstrong L, Proescholdbell S. Cox ME, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Sep 4;169(5):355-356. doi: 10.7326/L18-0312. Ann Intern Med. 2018. PMID: 30178015 No abstract available.
  • Trends in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths.
    Berrington de Gonzalez A, Freedman ND, Shiels MS. Berrington de Gonzalez A, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Sep 4;169(5):356. doi: 10.7326/L18-0313. Ann Intern Med. 2018. PMID: 30178016 No abstract available.

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