OU-Physicians, Department of General Surgery, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
J Addict Dis. 2024 Jul-Sep;42(3):205-209. doi: 10.1080/10550887.2023.2173929. Epub 2023 Mar 6.
The present study aims to compare Years of Life Lost for unintentional drug overdose and the leading underlying causes of death in the United States annually from 2017 to 2019. Years of Life Lost provide valuable context to incident deaths when comparing the relative mortality burden of underlying causes of death. Prior research has shown unintentional drug overdose was the third leading cause of Years of Life Lost in the state of Ohio in 2017. However, this finding has yet to be replicated at the national level in the US. Death statistics for 2017-2019 were accessed via CDC WONDER. Years of Life Lost were calculated for unintentional drug overdose and each of the top five causes of incident deaths in the US during the study period. Unintentional drug overdose caused nearly seven million Years of Life Lost in the US during the three-year period of study and was the fourth leading cause of Years of Life Lost after cancer, heart disease and other accidents. Incidence alone provides an incomplete picture of the effect of unintentional drug overdose on overall mortality burden in the US. Years of Life Lost give critical context to the overdose crisis, underscoring unintentional drug overdose as a leading cause of premature mortality.
本研究旨在比较 2017 年至 2019 年期间，美国每年因非故意药物过量导致的生命年损失和主要死因。当比较死因的相对死亡率负担时，生命年损失为偶发死亡提供了有价值的背景。先前的研究表明，在 2017 年的俄亥俄州，非故意药物过量是生命年损失的第三大主要原因。然而，这一发现尚未在美国全国范围内得到复制。2017-2019 年的死亡统计数据可通过 CDC WONDER 获得。计算了研究期间美国非故意药物过量和前五大偶发死亡原因的生命年损失。在三年的研究期间，美国因非故意药物过量导致近 700 万人的生命年损失，是癌症、心脏病和其他事故之后导致生命年损失的第四大原因。仅发病率并不能完整描述非故意药物过量对美国整体死亡率负担的影响。生命年损失为药物过量危机提供了关键背景，强调了非故意药物过量是导致过早死亡的主要原因。
