TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Trends and sex differences in prescription opioid deaths in British Columbia, Canada
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Gladstone, Emilie J.
A1  - Smolina, Kate
A1  - Morgan, Steven G.
SP  - 288
EP  - 290
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
N2  - Increasing rates of prescription opioid-related death are well documented in Ontario (ON) but little is known about prescription opioid-related harms in other Canadian provinces. Using administrative mortality data from 2004 to 2013, we found that rates of prescription opioid-related death in British Columbia (BC) were higher but more stable than published rates for ON over the same period. Methadone was involved in approximately 25% of the prescription opioid-related deaths in BC. The majority of prescription opioid-related deaths among men and women were unintentional. Men had higher overall rates of prescription opioid-related deaths in BC; women had lower rates of prescription opioid-related deaths but a larger proportion of them were suicides. Efforts to reduce prescription opioid-related deaths must consider sex differences in patterns of prescription opioid use and associated harms.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041604
ID  - ref1
ER  -