Conor Stewart
Research expert covering health & pharmaceuticals in the UK & Europe
Get in touch with us now| Characteristic | Illicit opioids | Prescription opioids** |
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Release date
February 2019
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Region
United States
Survey time period
as of 2019
Supplementary notes
All figures are projections.
* "The base-case scenario assumed that the opioid overdose crisis will stabilize by 2020
(ie, the incidence of illicit opioids as the initiating opioid and the overdose mortality rate
attributable to illicit opioids would increase at the rate observed in preceding years,
but would stabilize by 2020). The pessimistic scenario assumed that the opioid
overdose crisis would not stabilize until 2025."
** "Results of number of OD deaths from prescription opioids in the pessimistic scenario
are the same as those in the base-case scenario, because the changes of assumptions in
incidences and overdose mortality from illicit opioids would not affect the outcomes
of the population using prescription opioids with and without opioid use disorder."
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