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Years of Life Lost to Unintentional Drug Overdose Rapidly Rising in the Adolescent Population, 2016–2020 by Sarah Perou Hermans; Jennifer Samiec; Alexander Golec; Candice Trimble; Julie Teater; Orman Trent Hall is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Years of Life Lost to Unintentional Drug Overdose Rapidly Rising in the Adolescent Population, 2016–2020 about?
## Purpose: Years of life lost (yll) is an epidemiological estimate of premature death which provides increased weight to mortality at younger ages. this study aims to quantify the impact of overdose mortality in adolescents from 2016 to 2020 using yll and document the role of illicitly manufactured fentanyl in rising overdose rates. ## Methods: Data were obtained from the centers for disease control and prevention's wide-ranging online data for epidemiologic research mortality file for years 2016-2020 to investigate unintentional overdose in adolescents aged 10-19. unintentional overdose rates were investigated by year, gender, age, and substances involved. yll was calculated using the social security period of life table by age and year. yll to unintentional overdoses was then compared to other leading causes of adolescent death. ## Results: The number of adolescent yll to unintentional drug overdose in the united states more than doubled from 2019 to 2020 after remaining relatively stable between 2016 and 2019. in 2020, yll to unintentional overdose accumulated to 84,179 yll, surpassing that of cancer. synthetic opioids including primarily illicitly manufactured fentanyl contrib
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- Author
- Sarah Perou Hermans; Jennifer Samiec; Alexander Golec; Candice Trimble; Julie Teater; Orman Trent Hall
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Health Professions (Health Sciences)