Statistics that I have found so far with regards to opioid overdose aren't differentiating between unintentional vs intentional overdose. Like this stat, which mentions about 50,000 deaths were due to opioid overdose during 2018. What I want is, a paper or textbook that goes deeper and analyzes those deaths, like 10% were intentional, 90% were unintentional, 5 % were due to a drug that was taken accidentally?
For global statistics, you can check the UN Office of Drugs and Crim (https://www.unodc.org/unodc/index.html)
Marius Baguma Can you link me to the actual opioid stat which mentions intentional vs unintentional overdose? I can't find this within the mentioned website
Dear Mostafa Elsersy .
I prefer to send you privately the requested documents. I hope they will meet (some of) your needs.
Regards.
M.
Dear colleaque ,in 2017 there were 47506 total opioid deaths excluding homicid 43036 unintentional deaths(90.6%),1884 suicides (4%) and 2586 deaths of undetermined intent (5.4%).
With great pleasure,https://Jamanet work.com/Fullarticle/Journals/Jama.2757570
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