Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Drug Overdose Deaths in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Beth Han; Emily B Einstein; Christopher M Jones; Jessica Cotto; Wilson M Compton; Nora D Volkow

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32314

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Drug Overdose Deaths in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Sep 1;5(9):e2232314. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32314.

Authors

Beth Han¹, Emily B Einstein¹, Christopher M Jones², Jessica Cotto¹, Wilson M Compton¹, Nora D Volkow¹

Affiliations

¹ National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
² National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study describes the nationwide trends in drug overdose mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic by age, sex, and race and ethnicity.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Drug Overdose* / epidemiology
Ethnicity
Humans
Pandemics
Racial Groups