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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2017

Trends in Prescription Opioids Detected in Fatally Injured Drivers in 6 US States: 1995-2015.

Stanford Chihuri, Guohua Li

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Article in American journal of public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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  1. Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on rates of fatal crashes in the USA.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025
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  3. Trends in Prescription Opioid Use in Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries in the United States: 2014-2018.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  4. Do opioid prescriptions lead to fatal car crashes?American journal of health economics · 2022
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  6. Opioid Use and Driving Performance.Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology · 2021
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Stanford ChihuriBoth authors are with the Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, and the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Guohua LiBoth authors are with the Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, and the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Funding

Columbia Injury Control Research CenterR49CE002096 · CE · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LI, GUOHUA · 2012 to 2018
$5.5M
NCIPC CDC HHS R49 CE002096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess the time trends in prescription opioids detected in fatally injured drivers.

methodsWe analyzed 1995 to 2015 Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and West Virginia of toxicological tests for drivers fatally injured within 1 hour of a crash (n = 36 729). We used the Cochran-Armitage test for trend to assess the statistical significance of changes in the prevalence of prescription opioids detected in these drivers over time.

resultsThe prevalence of prescription opioids detected in fatally injured drivers increased from 1.0% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.5, 1.4) in 1995 to 7.2% (95% CI = 5.7, 8.8) in 2015 (Z = -9.04; P < .001). Prescription opioid prevalence was higher in female than in male drivers (4.4% vs 2.9%; P < .001). Of the drivers testing positive for prescription opioids, 30.0% had elevated blood alcohol concentrations (≥ 0.01 g/dL), and 66.9% tested positive for other drugs.

conclusionsThe prevalence of prescription opioids detected in fatally injured drivers has increased in the past 2 decades. The need to assess the effect of increased prescription opioid use on traffic safety is urgent.

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Accidents, TrafficAdultAlcoholic IntoxicationAnalgesics, OpioidAutomobile DrivingFemaleHumansMalePrevalenceSex FactorsSubstance-Related DisordersUnited StatesAnalgesics, Opioid

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PMID28727525
PMCPMC5551604

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