https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2723624?widget=personalizedcontent&previousarticle=2723073

Comment; It’s interesting that in California it seems that more white low-income folks die, but in NYC it’s more likely to be blacks–according to this snippet.

Bennett Allen, MA1Michelle L. Nolan, MPH1Hillary V. Kunins, MD, MPH, MS1et alDenise Paone, EdD1Author AffiliationsJAMA Intern Med. Published online February 11, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.7700editorial comment icon EditorialCommentrelated articles icon RelatedArticles

Since the early 2000s, drug overdose death rates have increased in the United States.1 From 2000 to 2011, opioid analgesic overdose deaths drove these increases, with the highest rates among whites.2 Since 2011, opioid analgesic overdose deaths have remained stable or decreased; in 2016, more deaths involved the synthetic opioid fentanyl than all other opioid analgesics.3 Recent national data suggest changing patterns of overdose among specific populations and age cohorts, including increases in opioid and cocaine deaths among blacks.4 Although the overall number of opioid analgesic deaths has plateaued, overdose death rates continue to increase among younger and middle-aged whites.5 We examined 2017 New York City data on overdose deaths to determine patterns related to age, race, and drug type.

Dr. Raymond Oenbrink