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The impact of prescription opioids on all-cause mortality in Canada

Overview of attention for article published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, August 2016
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Title
The impact of prescription opioids on all-cause mortality in Canada
Published in
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13011-016-0071-4
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Authors

Sameer Imtiaz, Jürgen Rehm

Abstract

An influential study from the United States generated considerable discussion and debate. This study documented rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century, with clear linkages of all-cause mortality to increasing rates of poisonings, suicides and chronic liver disease deaths. All of these causes of deaths are strongly related to the use of legal and illegal substances, but the study stressed the importance of prescription opioids. Given the similarities between the United States and Canada in prescription opioid use, the assessment of similar all-cause mortality trends is relevant for Canada. As this commentary highlights, the all-cause mortality shifts seen in the United States cannot be seen in Canada for either sex or age groups. The exact reasons for the differences between the two countries are not clear, but it is important for public health to further explore this question.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Unknown 55 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 13 23%
Researcher 8 14%
Student > Master 6 11%
Student > Bachelor 6 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 9%
Other 10 18%
Unknown 8 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 25%
Unspecified 13 23%
Social Sciences 7 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 7%
Psychology 3 5%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 12 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 August 2016.
All research outputs
#7,087,060
of 23,798,792 outputs
Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#383
of 674 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#117,688
of 370,273 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#6
of 10 outputs
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