Mortality From Drug Overdoses, Homicides, Unintentional Injuries, Motor Vehicle Crashes, and Suicides During the Pandemic, March-August 2020

JAMA. 2021 Jul 6;326(1):84-86. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.8012.

Abstract

This study uses national death certificate data to characterize trends in death and excess mortality from drug overdoses, homicides, unintentional injuries, motor vehicle crashes, and suicide during the first 6 months of the pandemic in the US.

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic / mortality*
  • COVID-19
  • Cause of Death
  • Drug Overdose / mortality*
  • Homicide / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Suicide / statistics & numerical data*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Wounds and Injuries / mortality*