Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality Rates in Kentucky, 2019-2020

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2116391. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.16391.

Svetla Slavova^{1

2}, Dana Quesinberry^{1

3}, Sarah Hargrove¹, Peter Rock⁴, Candace Brancato², Patricia R Freeman⁵, Sharon L Walsh^{6

7}

¹ Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
² Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
³ Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
⁴ Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
⁵ Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
⁶ Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
⁷ Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the changes in drug overdose mortality rates for Kentucky residents between 2019 and 2020.