One in five deaths among adults aged 25-34 is due to opioid-related causes, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
“We found that one in 65 deaths was opioid-related in 2016, representing an enormous toll in YLL (Years of Life Lost),” wrote the study authors: Tara Gomes, Ph.D.; Mina Tadrous, PharmD, PhD.; Muhammad M. Mamdani, PharmD, MA, MPH; J. Michael Paterson, MSC; and David N. Juurlink, MD, PhD. “Indeed, in the United States, the YLL from opioid-related deaths exceed those attributable to hypertension, HIV/AIDS, and pneumonia. This burden is highest among adults aged 25 to 34 years…in this age group one in five deaths in the United States is opioid-related.”