US National Trends in Pediatric Deaths From Prescription and Illicit Opioids, 1999-2016

It is not yet known how many children and adolescents die each year from opioid poisonings and how mortality rates have changed over time.To examine national trends in pediatric deaths from prescription and illicit opioids.Cross-sectional in which serial mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were analyzed. The population included 8986 children and adolescents (age, <20 years) who died in all US settings from opioid...