Weekly News Wire | February 23, 2021
About 60% Of Non-Fatal Opioid Overdoses Between 2006 & 2017 Among Youth Aged 11 To 17 Were Among Girls
About 60% of non-fatal opioid overdoses among commercially insured youth in the United States, ages 11 to 17, from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2017, were among females. During this period, the IBM MarketScan Commercial Database had data for 3,042 non-fatal overdoses among youth in the 11 to 17 age group. The incidence rate among females ages 11 to 16 was 0.009 per 100 person years, and 0.005 per 100 person years for males.
Among youth ages 17 to 24, the incidence rose for both males and females. However, across this age bracket, the . . .
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