Abstract
Unintentional Drug Overdose Mortality in Years of Life Lost Among Adolescents and Young People in the US From 2015 to 2019
Highlights
Annual total years of life lost (YLL) due to unintentional drug overdose was stably elevated with a mean (SD) 39 714.38 (2689.63) annual YLL (Table)
The mean (SD) age at death for young people who died of unintentional drug overdose was 17.6 (4.1) years
Young people experienced a total of 1 227 223.58 YLL during the 5-year period of study
Summary
Male adolescents outnumbered female adolescents in incident deaths (2267 [68.8%] vs 1029 [31.2%]) and YLL (133 023.64 vs 65 548.28). Annual total YLL due to unintentional drug overdose was stably elevated with a mean (SD) 39 714.38 (2689.63) annual YLL (Table). Adolescents experienced a total of 187 077.92 YLL during the study period. A total of 21 689 young people (aged 10-24 years) died of unintentional drug overdose (Figure).
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